10/09/2026
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re proud to recognize the breast cancer thrivers on our own team and celebrate everyone who continues to navigate their own journey.
Below is Shari's story that she has shared in hopes that it could give hope to others. 💗
𝐼𝑛 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2022, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤-𝑢𝑝 𝑚𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, "𝐼'𝑚 99% 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟".
𝐴𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑒 42, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑛𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠, 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 2𝐵 𝐼𝑛𝑣𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑎, 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟. 𝑀𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠, 16 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑦, 𝑎 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑦, 28 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 2 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ-𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒-𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 (𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑦) 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑎ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝑀𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑜𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 (𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 11 𝑎𝑛𝑑 9 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒) 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠. 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝐼 "𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑", 𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠.
𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡-𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑. 𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟, 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠: 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠! 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑀𝑦 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟. 𝐼𝑡 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 "𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡" 𝑖𝑡.
𝙎𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙛.
𝑂𝑤𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ, 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦, 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒, 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑.
𝐵𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝐼 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔.
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