Betsy Patel

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Your gift could provide a one month supply of Tamoxifen, a drug used to treat breast cancers that rely on estrogen for growth, to a patient in need. Every 60 seconds, somewhere in the world, someone dies from breast cancer. Your gift will help save lives! Your gift could provide a screening mammogram to an uninsured or underinsured person in need. Your gift could provide a breast prosthesis for an uninsured or underinsured woman in need. Your gift will help us reach our bold goal to reduce the current number of breast cancer deaths by 50% in the U.S. within the next decade!

It was the breast of times...

In 2024 I was diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ (breast cancer trapped in a milk duct) Stage 0, Grade 3 (not a problem yet, but aggressively growing). I was given the news on my birthday. 42 started rough. 

A month later - November 15 - I had a double mastectomy with plan to reconstruct breasts through a diep flap procedure at a later date. After living with expanders for two months and reading and reading about the diep flap and all the possible (likely) complications, I opted to remove expanders and go flat. 

January 15 I had surgery for an Aesthetic Flat Closure. All went well. And I had a final (hopefully) surgery to smooth things out in October 2025. 

Now that I'm healed up and getting myself to a 'new normal', I wanted to complete a breast cancer walk. 

The amount of research going into breast cancer is amazing and has lead to enormous progress in treatments *and* catching breast cancer sooner. 

Thank you for helping keep that progress going! I appreciate your support - whether financial or physical (walking with me) or emotional (being my friend...y'all have been amazing humans). 


Thank you! 

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My Goal
$250

Amount Raised
$78.03

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Your gift could provide a one month supply of Tamoxifen, a drug used to treat breast cancers that rely on estrogen for growth, to a patient in need. Every 60 seconds, somewhere in the world, someone dies from breast cancer. Your gift will help save lives! Your gift could provide a screening mammogram to an uninsured or underinsured person in need. Your gift could provide a breast prosthesis for an uninsured or underinsured woman in need. Your gift will help us reach our bold goal to reduce the current number of breast cancer deaths by 50% in the U.S. within the next decade!
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Lucas Chaney
$78