2026 Komen Greater Atlanta Race for the Cure
Laura Sikora
Welcome to My Story
I'm celebrating 6 years since my 2020 Breast Cancer diagnosis and battle. Sammy my oldest son had just left home for college. It was September during the COVID pandemic and what a year for everyone. Sammy was a 2020 High School graduate, no prom, no graduation pomp & circumstance. I was having yet another biopsy, routine since graduating college. What I thought was just another needle, but this time was different. I was running Gracie to cheer practice, the doctor called, when she calls, you immediately answer, but she was on bluetooth and Gracie only 13 heard the whole thing. There wasn't time for me to react, I had to calm my child who just heard, her mom has cancer.
Thank goodness for my career that was the best distraction I could ask for during my 20 radiation treatments after 2 very painful stereotactic biopsies, all in masks and one in the MRI machine. Then followed by surgery. After 5 years of tamoxifen and side effects I am grateful to still be cancer free. I am checked every 6 months.
So now we celebrate my health! This year, I joined the Komen community and registered for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. I am dedicated to Komen's mission of ending breast cancer forever, and I need your help. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today in support of my fundraising efforts.
Thank goodness for my career that was the best distraction I could ask for during my 20 radiation treatments after 2 very painful stereotactic biopsies, all in masks and one in the MRI machine. Then followed by surgery. After 5 years of tamoxifen and side effects I am grateful to still be cancer free. I am checked every 6 months.
So now we celebrate my health! This year, I joined the Komen community and registered for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. I am dedicated to Komen's mission of ending breast cancer forever, and I need your help. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today in support of my fundraising efforts.
Your support helps us get one step closer to a world without breast cancer. Funds raised help support breakthrough research and provide assistance to those facing breast cancer who need our support. Whether it’s emotional support through Komen’s financial assistance program or navigation services to break down barriers to care, Komen will be there for them.
Ending breast cancer needs all of us, and your generosity can make a real difference. Together, let’s show breast cancer patients there’s a whole community standing by their side.
Will you please join me in this fight by making a donation today?
