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Defying the odds: Running circles around cancer
By Kelly Damian
It was just a lump. Sizable enough that she could feel it when she lay down on her side. But Priscilla Bacus was only 42 years old and very fit, so she assumed it was nothing to be worried about.
She waited a month, but the lump in her left breast showed no signs of diminishing. So in July 2001, Priscilla went to see her general practitioner. The doctor was concerned enough to send her to get a mammogram immediately.
After the mammogram, Priscilla stopped by the store to pick up a cake. It was her daughter’s 15th birthday, and they had plans to celebrate later that day. She returned to work, put the cake in the fridge and checked her voicemail. On the phone was a message from the doctor telling her that she needed to see a surgeon....
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