Meet Shoni Brown

I have been a health and physical educator for 16 years. I found a lump in my left breast after coming home from a run in September 2015 at the age of 35. It took me until November 4 to be diagnosed and until January of 2016 to have my a mastectomy of my left breast. I was diagnosed with stage 2b invasive ductal carcinoma ER/PR+ and Her2- with lymph node involvement. I also had DCIS that was ER/PR+. I developed lymphedema Immediately after surgery. I am very passionate about educating others about health and fitness, lymphedema and being your own advocate. I just want women to not let cancer stop them. At the age of 40, I did something I never thought I could do after cancer and the limitations it put on my body. I went rock climbing and hiking in the Adirondack Mountains and I've never felt so free.

black female patient sitting alone on floor photo by klaus nielsen

Surviving A Cancer Diagnosis Without A Co-Survivor

November 22, 2021 2 Comments

It was my time to lean on the very same people who depended on me. In my head, there was no way that everyone wasn’t going to be there and support me in any way they could. However, that is not what happened.

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