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On Friday, February 14, 2020, our team and staff focused on an important day of scout preparation and practice before a Sunday game at Navy. But that morning, before I could wrap my head around how to shut down Kelly Larkin and manage Navy's aggressive defense, I put my 'game face' on and headed over to the Duke Cancer Center for my bi-annual check-up and annual mammogram.
Having been diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer in January of 2015, this was a big day. The 5-year survival rate for women who have completed treatment for Stage 2 Breast Cancer is 93%. In my case, treatment included surgery, eight rounds of chemotherapy and thirty rounds of radiation. If my scan was clean that day, I would officially be a 5-year survivor. Anyone who has had cancer knows that five years is an important benchmark.
As I walked out of DCC officially cancer free that day, I was both relieved and grateful. I walked down the long corridor to the parking garage, reflecting on many things. In particular, how long ago January 2015 seemed; how many people I know who had been diagnosed with breast cancer and the changes I had made in my life since being diagnosed.
This is excerpted from Behind the Whistle, to read the full blog post click HERE.
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