3 year survivor.
Diagnosed: 2006. Age: 28.
Claudia was only 23 years when she found a lump on her right breast while she was taking a bath. She felt healthy, had no pain, no discharge and there wasn't even any swelling. The fact that she was young and black, made it more difficult for the doctors to believe that there was something wrong with her.
Claudia was only given pain killers even though she never felt any pain. Claudia was not comfortable with the lump, and wanted it removed. On February 14, 2007, when everyone was celebrating Valentine's Day, Claudia received the life changing news that she had breast cancer. The thought of losing a breast, of dying, of leaving her child, flooded her thoughts. It filled her days with tears and that's when she realised she had to put her faith in something greater, and it could only be God. If Claudia had not been vigilant about the lump in her breast and followed her gut feeling that something was wrong, she would not be alive today. Claudia says "Having cancer has taught me to be wiser and mostly, it taught me that there is no challenge that one cannot overcome. Every situation is a lesson; it will either break you, or build you. I'm using my experience to learn from it and to provide support for other cancer patients."
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