Valentine’s Day 2024 began like any other day, but it ended as one I will never forget—the day I was diagnosed with cancer. Initially, it was breast cancer. Within weeks, we learned it had spread to my liver.
My official diagnosis was stage 4 invasive lobular carcinoma in the right breast with metastasis to the liver and stage 1A invasive ductal carcinoma in the left breast. The prognosis was devastating—a 30 percent chance of living five years.




