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Cancer fighter’s will to survive
October 11, 2018
Cancer fighter’s will to survive
Yvette Williams was diagnosed with breast cancer on the 27th July 2000. One week later she had a mastectomy...She is one of many women in The Bahamas who made the radical decision to save their lives...
Strength courage in the face of adversity
May 18, 2021
Strength courage in the face of adversity
The minute the doctor uttered the word "unfortunately", Erica Morris said she knew her diagnosis was positive for breast cancer, but she said the only thoughts that came to her centered around her son (Johnathan Robert Thomas) and who would raise him; whether they would raise him the way she would; and if they would be good to him, expose him, love him, kiss him, and tell him they loved him.
February 05, 2021
Grand Bahama Nurse Faces Emotional, Medical Threat, Praises Local Doctor, Cleveland Clinic Florida “They Saved my Life’
There are moments when Daphne Roxbury does not know how she got through it. Two weeks before Hurricane Dorian ravaged Grand Bahama and Abaco, the Registered Nurse who had helped so many others through pain and suffering learned the suspicious area that turned up on an MRI was what she most feared, breast cancer.
She had survived a major surgery for pre-ovarian cancer, diabetes, asthma, a resus...
Kashala Forbes in the fight for her life
October 06, 2020
Kashala Forbes in the fight for her life
A year ago, this month, Kashala Forbes had a double mastectomy, and while she admits she misses her "little boobies", which were a part of her for most of her life, she says removing them meant doing everything she could to save her life. "I have my children to live for," says Forbes, 31, as ...The post Kashala Forbes in the fight for her life appeared first on The Nassau Guardian.
Abaconian Trio Face Triple Threat As A Team
September 17, 2020
Abaconian Trio Face Triple Threat As A Team
In the last year, three Abaco natives have faced property destruction inflicted by Hurricane Dorian, a cancer diagnosis, and now, the heightened safety risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic...
Saluting Our Breast Cancer Survivor
October 14, 2014
Saluting Our Breast Cancer Survivor
The Battle is not yours, but the Lord's-Maxine Missick...?Your test results are here. The doctor wants to see you as soon as possible. Bring your daughter with you.? Somehow I knew and, with the mini counseling session provided by my doctor prior to the mammogram, I had the basis of strength to cushion me through the next traumatic months...
Fighting for her life
August 20, 2019
Fighting for her life
Nakara Miller, who has been diagnosed with the BRCA 1 triple negative gene, has had a bilateral mastectomy and has scheduled a hysterectomy to give herself a fighting chance at life...
JoAnn Callender is a 'breathless beauty'
January 08, 2019
JoAnn Callender is a 'breathless beauty'
Five years ago, JoAnn Callender stood before her mirror, took pictures of her breasts and said goodbye to them - the next day she had a double mastectomy. She went into surgery, having accepted the new her that would emerge, but at the same time [...]
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January 07, 2019
Pinder's Brokerage To Run Komen Bahamas in Company Matriach's Memory
It’s been just a little over two months since Helen Pinder, the matriarch of Pinder’s Customs Brokerage Ltd., lost her battle with breast cancer...
For BahamasLocal.com Breast Cancer is Personal-Search Engine Partners with Komen Bahamas Race for The Cure
October 04, 2017
For BahamasLocal.com Breast Cancer is Personal-Search Engine Partners with Komen Bahamas Race for The Cure
BahamasLocal.com might not know everything, but they know they?ve got to do something to get rid of breast cancer. The popular search engine has partnered with the Susan G. Komen Bahamas Race for the Cure for a second time, in a bid to raise awareness about the disease...
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