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"The light switch to everything I fear switched off when enduring this." Name: Debra AdamsAge: 46Job: Instructor for Red CrossDiagnosis: DCIS carcinoma in-situ. I had gone to a general physician, they took blood happened to do a breast exam, looking at the two lumps I had since I was 12. The results of a biopsy came back positive, February 2016Advice Debra Would Give To People With Loved Ones Battling Breast Cancer: Talk to them and be honest. Don’t run away or be afraid to ask questions. It’s better to go through horrible things with friends [...]

"I told myself to not look at the 'why?' and the 'what if?'."Name: Robin KennedyAge: 54Job: Administrative Coordinator, Metro GovernmentDiagnosis: Breast cancer stage 1, May 2012How She Found Out: Detected in routine mammogramTreatments: Two lumpectomies in may of 2012 and again in June 2012, a double mastectomy in July. TRAM flap bilateral reconstruct in August .Support Groups: Gilda's Club Louisville, Norton’s Pink Pilates exercise class, Kentucky African Americans Against Cancer through James Brown. Friends for Hope.Best Thing She Did For Herself: Made myself volunteer with support groups and I surrounded myself with those who had walked in my shoes where [...]