Breast Cancer in my 40’s
Meet 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.”
Read MoreMeet the Models, New England: Tina Weidner
“I had myself dead an buried within a year when I heard doctors say metastatic, so I try to tell my story so others can have hope too.”
Read MoreMeet the Models, SoCal: Carmen Hernandez
Focus on the positive, find the little moments of joy and small victories. Don’t hold onto negative.”
Read MoreMeet the Models, SoCal: Maria Glaze
Maria Glaze was a uterine cancer survivor, single mother of two high school boys and only 40 when she lost her job. It forced her to take a part time job with an extremely long commute. After her acceptance to culinary school, she was offered the job full time. Initially rejecting it, her supervisor convinced her to stay. Little did she know, after months of feeling extreme fatigue (which she thought was just due to her schedule), tests from the doctor would come back confirming stage 3 breast cancer.
Read MoreMeet the Models, SoCal: Andrea Magni
It is often noted in this community that once one is diagnosed with breast cancer, they have it for life. Even if a survivor, the mental, physical and emotional toll of the disease can long outlast treatment and clear scans. It’s a sentiment Andrea Magni echoes. A native South African, she was diagnosed in January 2017 with DCIS, having three DCIS tumors in her right breast. She received a double mastectomy.
Read MoreMeet the Models, SoCal: Beth Rouse
at 41 years old and a mother of five, Beth decided to get her first mammogram. Her dedication to the testing meant she had to stop breastfeeding and wait two months before the mammogram could occur. It would be a decision that would save her life.
Read MoreMeet the Models, SoCal: Tracy Cushing
Tracy Cushing is a force of a female. An ER physician with extensive knowledge in wilderness medicine, she also spent time in medical school as a physician in the direct aftermath of 9/11. She has had a plant based diet for over a decade and was training for her fifth ironman when she felt a lump in her breast.
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