ALEXANDER COUNTY, IL (KFVS) –
Imagine being diagnosed along with cancer twice.
Once along with leukemia at the age of 20.
Deena Hart says that was a substantial deal.
“Went with 2 years of procedure for that,” Hart said. “The chemo and the radiation. Shed every one of my hair. It type of pauses your life for a minor bit and you go with that and you never ever believe that it would certainly happen again.”
But for Hart, it did.
Cancer came knocking About the door once more 18 years later.
This time it was breast cancer.
“I located a couple of lumps,” Hart said. “I wouldn’t also call it a lump, adore a BB, a couple of BBs and pertained to discover out it was cancer.”
Doctors located a hormonal based tumor in Hart’s breast. By the moment she was diagnosed, the cancer possessed spread to her lymph nodes.
However, the 2nd time around, the fight versus cancer was a minor different.
“You have actually a career, you have actually your kids, you have actually your family,” Deena said
That’s why this fight was for them.
“You do it for your family,” Hart said. “The individuals that you adore due to the fact that you have actually to do it for them. You have actually to remain durable for them, so you can easily be about for them.”
Hart says family got her through a double mastectomy, 36 rounds of radiation. and 3 reconstructive surgeries.
“They were my strength,” Hart said. “They were my rock. That’s Exactly how I survived.”
Two years out, Hart is About the road to recovery, and a testament to others.
“You can easily do this,” Hart said. “If you have actually cancer, you can easily beat it. I’ve performed it twice. So it can easily be done. I merely prefer every person to already know it’s not a death sentence… It does not determine you. It does not take over your life.”
Interestingly, Hart has actually no family history of cancer. Turns out, that is real for 85 percent of every one of breast cancer patients.
That is why her story is a reminder that we need to take charge of our good health and inspect for symptoms every month.
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