"I instantly knew I had breast cancer," she wrote on Facebook, thanks to a breast cancer awareness photo a friend had shared. An image of a carton of lemons shows symptoms that may be due to breast cancer. In telling her story, she found a similar photo online, an egg carton filled with lemons, on the website for a charity called Worldwide Breast Cancer . To raise awareness about breast cancer, a modified lemon slice illustrates breast anatomy. "You can have a normal mammogram and still have changes that need to be looked into," she saidLife after lemonsFor Beaumont's next project, she is working with metastatic breast cancer patients through the Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance , a patient advocate organization that connects breast cancer patients with resources and clinical trials.
Source: CNN January 16, 2017 21:52 UTC