I was thirty years old when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was in my left breast and I woke up from sleeping to a pain in my breast within a few days I had a radical mastectomy. I did not have to have chemo or radiation because I chose to have my breast removed. I am now 52 years old and have been cancer free for 22 years. My doctor asked my permission to use my case at medical conventions because at the time they were not seeing women my age get breast cancer, so if I helped anybody back then get breast exams then I happy. I have never felt the need to have reconstruction surgery because this makes me who I am.

Terri Shaw
Green Bay, WI