No woman truly expects to hear the words "I'm sorry you have breast cancer." But I was truly shell-shocked when I was told those words on October 21, 2013, after having an absolutely normal mammogram May, 2013 and after always having normal mammograms. No family history, just found a lump in my left breast and thought it wasn't any big deal. Fast forward, I've had a lumpectomy, completed 4 cycles of chemotherapy and I am about to undergo 6 weeks of radiation and I am truly grateful. With the grace & love of God, my awesome family & friends, I am blessed & highly favored!! I truly appreciate and I am living my name "CHIDINMA" which means "God is good" in the Igbo dialect in Nigeria, W. Africa. I've beaten this, I am a champion & a conqueror and cancer has heard me ROOAARR!!

Chidinma Byron
East Hartford, CT