Courtney Saldana

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Courtney Crushes Cancer, year 3

I was diagnosed in March of 2022.  I received my clinical diagnosis on my 41st birthday on April 20th.  In mid May I learned that I was Stage 3: meaning that the cancer had spread as far as the lymph nodes.  My surgical route included a mastectomy of my right breast, removal of 10 lymph nodes, an oophrectomy, port surgery and phase 1 of my reconstruction (including removal of my left breast).  My clinical path was 16 rounds of chemo and 25 rounds of targeted radiation.  My long-term care is 10 years of Anastrozole and 2 years of Verzenio.


In the 3 years since I was diagnosed, I have become a member of the most supportive group that no one wants to be a part of.  And in the 3 years since, I have also been incredibly lucky to have friends, family and strangers step forward to support me and my family through this journey.


There's a line from the Hunger Games movie when Haymitch says to Katniss and Peeta "You never get off this train."  For me, that is what cancer is about.  I am currently healthy.  Officially at the Cross your Fingers, and hope for the best, but I'm never getting off this train.  And neither are of the other cancer survivors that I know.  


I walk the More Than Pink walk to bring awareness to the fact that cancer isn't over when your loved one finishes treatment.  Cancer doesn't go away when your hair regrows, or you get your port removed, or when your reconstruction is completed.  I wish this was something more people understood, so that everyone would continue to provide support to the people in their lives. 


I walk so that my kids will never get the phone call that I received.  Every medicine that I currently take to stop a reoccurrence is new and didn't exist 40 years ago.  Imagine what we could do in the next 40 years.


Please join me in helping to bring an end to Breast Cancer.  And if you're local, please join me for the walk. 

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Mary George
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Danis Kreimeier
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Tracie Randolph
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Becky Tedesco
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Nicole Maggi
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Sarah Maxwell
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Mary Laun
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$51
Julie Moore Christian
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Shauna Redmond
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Randee Bybee
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Jill Donovan
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Margaret Hatanaka
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Robert Karatsu
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Joy Millam
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Amy Rouzaud
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Mandisa Tutt
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Allison Coltin
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