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Part of Runway's mission is to honor the legacies and stories of those who have been impacted by breast cancer. Our blog page is dedicated to helping us share those stories.
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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.’”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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