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My name is Kim and I am a breast cancer survivor. On June 24, 2006, I felt a
lump in my right breast, unsure of what it was I asked my mother a 30 year
CNA to feel it and give me her opinion. My mother felt the lump and then she
looked at me straight in the eye with a very serious look and said “make an
appointment with your doctor”. That following Monday morning first thing I called my doctor’s office told
them what I felt and instead of them telling me to come into their office they immediately gave me a referral
for a mammogram. My mom and I went to the doctor’s office and he hits me with “the lump in your breast is
CANCER”. I was in total shock and could not believe what this doctor was telling me. I couldn’t hear anything
else other than the word CANCER. I was devastated at the least, not knowing what in the world was going
to happen to me. I was then scheduled for a mastectomy on September 11, 2006 , my four chemotherapy
sessions were to begin November 2006 and I started hormonal therapy medication Tamoxifen a week after
my last chemotherapy session.
All in all I remain cancer free for 7 years and counting. This was a difficult yet enlightening experience for
me and my family. I see life in a totally different way now. I now know that I MUST live life to the fullest
because it can be taken away at any given time. I look back on all that I went through and embrace it. God
has kept me on this earth for a great reason and this is what has inspired me to begin Kimmy’s Angels 4 Tatas
which is a non-profit organization for breast cancer. We are a hands on organization that provides house
cleaning, lawn care and transportation to and from chemotherapy/doctor appointments. We must all BE
AWARE and remember that early detection is key. I am hoping that all women continue to have their yearly
mammograms, clinical breast exams and do their breast self-exams.
Kim Council
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My name is Beth Frazier. I'm 31 years old, a wife and a daughter of 2. I was
diagnosed with breast cancer July 24, 2012. Tomorrow marks my one year
anniversary of my bi-lateral mastectomy.
My mother had breast cancer, twice. My grandmother and her mother. My
aunt and all of my female cousins. When my mother was diagnosed the
second time, the Breast Cancer gene testing was just introduced. We jumped
on the opportunity to have me tested. I came back negative. AWESOME! I'm
safe! My mother was next to be tested - our doctor said sometimes it doesn't
come in the form of a mutated gene. She came back negative. Back to square
one.
That was in 2003. Nine years later, I made the phone call to my mother. I
didn't quite know what to say, but I knew if I started off with "Are you sitting down?" she
would've known something was wrong. She answered the phone with her normal, cheerful "Hi Bethie".
Here we go.....I'll never forget the sound of her crying when I told her "They found a lump."
Everything from there went by so fast it all seems like a blur. There are moments where I remember every
little detail and there are moments that perhaps my own mind has shut out.
I have 2 daughters of my own. They are what drive me to help researchers find a cure. I've done all of
the research I can, and I keep at it every single day. I'm hoping the semi-new high frequency ultrasound
procedure from UVA will be approved before my daughters ever need it. If it's not - we move on to the
next plan.
We will find a cure. One day.
Bet Frazier
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