Posts by Olivia Achtmeyer Boger
Meet the Models: Missy Devlin
Breast cancer impacted me physically, emotionally, mentally, and financially. I was 57 and was in very good health. I had started a new job less than a year before my diagnosis. It began when I started feeling tired, weak, and achy all over. I didn’t have any of the typical symptoms of breast cancer. I was told by my primary care physician that it appeared I had fibromyalgia. That diagnosis just didn’t sit well with me. I pushed to have more tests done and was also due for my annual mammogram. After the mammogram, the cancer diagnosis came quickly and I became part of a club that no one wants to be member of.
Read MoreMeet the Models: Erika Hodnett
There was no lump. I felt absolutely normal. I went in for my yearly mammogram in January 2022 and that’s when the doctors found calcium deposits. After an MRI and a biopsy, I got the call saying I had HER2 negative invasive lobular carcinoma of the right breast. I broke down immediately. I thought, ‘I can’t die, I have my little ones to take care of and I’m not going to leave them.’”
Read MoreMeet the Models: Maureen Quill
I was diagnosed with invasive lobular and invasive ductal carcinoma stage 2B in February of 2023. I had a double mastectomy with positive lymph nodes on April 11, 2023. From there I was put on medication to put me into menopause since my cancer was ER positive. I had severe reactions to the medications therefore I had to have my uterus and ovaries surgically removed.
Read MoreMeet the Models: Caroline Saba
I have no history of BC in my family. I had just finished my 15-month breastfeeding journey with my only son and was planning to have a second when I found the lump. It was a very aggressive HER2+ mainly driven cancer. I will never forget reading my diagnostics imaging – BIRADS 5. And all of a sudden, I wasn’t the typical young mom anymore. I was a cancer patient. I lost my hair, my boobs but I am still here.
Read MoreMeet the Models: Amy Finegold
How to even start… I was diagnosed shortly after completing my certification as a Health + Life coach, and the year I turned 50. It was a time of re-invention for me after closing my women’s boutique and then I was hit with the diagnosis. I continued to work with clients over zoom and doing personal styling on my days farthest from chemo.
Read MoreMeet the Models: Katie Dexter
Breast cancer has marked my life in profound and deeply personal ways. Watching my mother face her diagnosis shaped my understanding of strength and vulnerability , and I knew I’d face the same battle myself someday, the question was always when. When I was diagnosed on July 29th, 2021, my father’s birthday and went through my mastectomy, it wasn’t just a physical transformation—it was an emotional reckoning. I
Read MoreMeet the Models: Cheryl Durand
Breast cancer has impacted my life in both positive and negative ways. I now try to live life to the fullest, I don’t take anything for granted. I focus on the important things. However, I also live my life in the face of uncertainty everyday with an underlying lingering fear and ache in my heart. I have to overcome this fear everyday.
Read MoreThe Runway for Recovery, Bill Achtmeyer 2025 High Five Award Winner Announced
We are thrilled to announce that Tim Lewellyn, CEO of Copper Hound Pictures, will be honored with the Bill Achtmeyer High Five Award at our 19th Annual Runway Show.
Read MoreThe Runway for Recovery Ilene Beal Legacy of Leadership 2025 Award Recipient Announced
Honoring Lindsay McGloughlin: Leading with Strength, Serving with Heart We are honored to announce that Lindsay McGloughlin will receive the Ilene Beal Legacy of Leadership Award at this year’s 19th…
Read MoreMeet the Models: Sarah Hickey
Cancer didn’t just change my life—it reshaped it entirely. I was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive breast cancer (primary angiosarcoma of the breast) in 2020, and today, I’m living with stage 4 metastatic disease. I had a unilateral mastectomy and chose to remain flat on one side without a prosthetic. That decision wasn’t about loss—it was about truth. This is my body now, and I’ve learned to love it not in spite of the changes, but because of them.
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