Send us your breast cancer story

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Vickie Nesmith has been battling with cancer since 1997. The breast cancer spread to her lungs liver and brain. They told her that she could not receive any more chemo because of all the damage it has done to her body. Since April 2011, …
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Dianne Kelly of Amelia, Ohio was first diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in June 2001. She had undergone a routine mammogram in April 2001 and was told that all was well. In June 2001 while drying her hair, she noticed a 'puckering' of …

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Tamara S. Maness - In August 2007, her husband discovered a lump on the side of her left Breast during a "Good morning hug". He mentioned it to her and she immediately grabbed the phone and called thedoctor. She was diagnosed on September…

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Debbie Caudill: Dx'd the day before my birthday in Oct 2008, on my daughters birthday. What a present! Stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma with lymph node involvement. 16 chemo treatments, lumpectomy, node dissection, and 6 weeks of everyday…

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We want your pictures of how many years you or a relative has been been breast cancer-free and where you're from.
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Posted: 09/26/2011

CINCINNATI - For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we are looking for pictures of survivors and people currently battling breast cancer. Take a picture, get a picture of friends, co-workers or family members and send them to us.

Here's what we'd like you to do:

  1. Write on a piece of paper how long you have been a cancer survivor and where you are from.
  2. Have someone take a picture of you holding the sign
  3. Email the picture to Suzanne.Murray@wcpo.com or upload it to our WCPO Facebook page .
  4. Please include your name for the picture and share your story with us so we can tell it with your photo.

In the next few weeks you'll see your picture and story on our website slideshow and possibly one one of our newscasts.

Thanks!

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