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Texas
Shirley Bailey

My name is Shirley Bailey.  I live in Houston, Texas with my four-legged fur baby Lola.  I recently retired from banking after 50+ years. In 1980 when I lost my

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Texas
Patricia Almendarez

Patricia Almendarez is a three-time breast cancer survivor from Mission, Texas.  Her first diagnosis was in February 1999 and then in 2015 she had a recurrence.  Her most recent diagnosis

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California
Teena Miller

My name is Teena Miller.  I live in  Vallejo, California with my husband, J.D.  I am a survivor of 3 unrelated cancers:  cervical, breast and skin. My last chemo treatment

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California
Laura Baldini

My story begins at age 35 when I felt a lump in my breast.  Even though I am assured it will be nothing, an ultrasound shows that it is a

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Florida
Toby Williams

My name is Toby Williams. My journey with the American Cancer Society began in 2007.  That year I participated in Making Strides and Relay in memory of my mom and

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Tennessee
Suzanne Horsley

My name is Suzanne Horsley.  My husband, David, and I live in Memphis, Tennessee.  I am a 11-year (2012) breast cancer survivor.   I am currently surviving and thriving. My breast

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Nebraska
Denise Mohlman

In 1978, at the age of 17, my grandad was diagnosed with lung cancer.  At this time, cancer was a death sentence.  Every weekend for the next year, I drove

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