Breast Cancer in my 40’s
Meet the Models, New England: Alison Olsen
“I want to let everyone know- GO! Go get your mammograms!”
Read MoreMeet the Models, New England: Kate Duffy
“after treatment I had a harder time than in treatment.”
Read MoreMeet the Models, New England: Gabriela Walsh
“Who thinks they are getting breast cancer at 41? Now I know it’s more common, but it felt like such a shock because I was so healthy.”
Read MoreMeet the Models, New England: Andreia Sacca
“I feel strongly about telling women to be more preventive than I was”
Read MoreMeet the Models, New England: Laura Bosse
“You hear stage four and you think ugh, but it doesn’t have to be.”
Read MoreMeet the Models, New England: Jenessa Dailey
She is quick to note how lucky she was to benefit from the massive improvements science has made in treatment. Indeed, instead of traditional chemo, Janessa qualified for a trial, a collaboration between MGH and Dana Farber, that involved intensely aggressive immunotherapy treatments
Read MoreMeet the Models, New England: Kelly Willwerth
“So what if I look like I have been through war under my clothes? I am still here.”
Read MoreIn Memory of New England Model, Sarah Wilfert
“You are giving your body to medicine – with a lot of time and sacrifice- to hopefully help you, but also women in the future.”
Read MoreMeet the Models, New England: Christina Muratore
“there is a lot of sadness, but there is also so much hope and happiness. It’s ok to have both and important to not exist in this bubble where nothing bad ever happens.”
Read MoreMeet the Models, New England: Karen Walsh
some days I think this is so much for my children. Should I tone it down so they can tolerate it better? I have decided to live very much out loud, so they can participate in the amazing connections and community and love they get to be a part of.”
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