Kate on the mend
Category Archives: Making of the book
Strength is Beauty
Cheryl Perkins, a labor and delivery nurse at Hutzel Hospital was diagnosed with a 2b, triple-negative tumor in 2003 when her four children were still small. She made them a promise to fight it. You can see her Ford Warriors in Pink video here.
Kelly Rothe, 20, pictured here and in our banner photo, is working on her certification to teach special ed. She lost her mother to breast cancer at the age of 9 and tested positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation. On May 9th she had a preventative double mastectomy. “I may not be able to breast feed, but I’ll be alive to have kids,” she said. She holds the motto she lives by: She believed she could so she did.
Work in progress!
Had a great interview today with Dr. Michael Meininger, a Detroit-area plastic surgeon, for my upcoming breast cancer surgery book. There sure is a lot happening I am eager to tell women about. So many options but still so many questions. I am a life-long reporter on breast health. The book will focus on stories of women describing the choices and steps they made along the way. Please share your stories with us at bcsurgerystories@gmail.com. It’s important we build a national network where women can find and share reliable and insightful answers to their questions, as told by other women and their doctors.