Author: Alisha Evans

Megan Sullivan

Megan Sullivan, 61, has been unable to work due to complications from breast cancer. The multiple surgeries, hospitalizations and infections made working a struggle and she lost her job. At this point, her unemployment and State Disability had run out and she was unable to complete her journey to feel whole again. Megan reached out […]

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Lynn Galletti

Lynn Galletti’s mom and sister Kate both battled breast cancer before they passed away. Lynn says, “knowing that I also carried the BRCA gene was weighing heavy on me in light of the rapid losses of my Mom and my oldest sister, who left a husband and 7 year old daughter behind. I feared being […]

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Kendra Bryant

Diagnosed at the age of 42 from having a mammogram, her whole world was turned upside down.  She couldn’t believe that SHE was affected by cancer.  Out of all the women in her family, she was the first.  She became depressed and withdrew from being around a lot of people. After her mastectomy, Kendra couldn’t […]

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Breast Reconstruction Can Heal Women From the Inside Out by Sowmiya Kones

The Alliance in Reconstructive Surgery (AiRS) Foundation has been committed to helping women who survived breast cancer and mastectomy by funding breast reconstruction procedures since 2014. Breast reconstruction is more than restoring a woman’s breasts; it heals an individual from the inside out. It is also an attempt to relieve women of the psychosocial distress […]

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Cancer Fashionista Launches A Podcast!

  Introducing, “Dear Cancer, I’m Beautiful.” I’ve always wanted to launch a podcast, so this past April that’s just what I did. It’s called “Dear Cancer, I’m Beautiful.” For those of you who may not know me yet, my name is Melissa Berry and I’m the Founder of Cancer Fashionista. I’m an eight-year Triple Negative […]

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