Meet the Models: Rebecca Read

By Caroline O'Donnell | October 19, 2023

Rebecca Read spent all of 2020 as an emergency room nurse during the height of the pandemic. It was an extremely stressful period of life, which is why she felt like, entering 2021, things were starting to return to normalcy. That feeling wouldn’t last long when, after receiving the COVID vaccine, she had an adverse reaction. The reaction prompted doctors to take a CAT scan of her chest, which revealed a lump. Further testing would result in a breast cancer diagnosis on November 30, 2021.

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Meet the Models, New England: Renee Plodzik

By Caroline O'Donnell | October 17, 2023

“there is so much in the breast cancer world about early detection and so little about support after you have been diagnosed.”

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Meet the Models, New England: Sarah Martarano

By Caroline O'Donnell | October 16, 2023

Sarah Martarano was 43 when she decided to do some self care and schedule all of her routine doctors appointments. During her appointment with her PCP, a lump was found and she was immediately referred to a breast center. That same day, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and months of grueling treatment ensued.

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Meet the Models, New England: Jennifer Leventhal

By Caroline O'Donnell | October 11, 2023

When her sister Meredith Parkinson was diagnosed with breast cancer, “we were leveled” and completely shocked. Avid about her own mammograms, Jennifer received a clear mammogram in November 2021. In January however, she felt a lump and immediately called the doctor: “if Meredith had not been diagnosed, I don’t think I would have been as proactive. Otherwise, I would have just gone off my previous healthy mammogram and waited until the next year.” Even just the fact that she did a self exam is an ode to Meredith, as she had never been doing them previously.

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Meet the Models, New England: Kathleen Friel

By Caroline O'Donnell | October 10, 2023

“Five years later and I am still here and living. This diagnosis is not just a go home and die situation.”

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