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Facing Breast Cancer: A Mother’s Story

October 1, 2013 //  by Kristine Bruneau//  1 Comment

RWM-COVER-OCT-2013October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and Rochester Woman Magazine marks it with a special ‘pink’ issue, featuring my mom Linda Argento on the cover. My mom is a breast cancer survivor and I’m honored to have written her story for Rochester Woman Magazine. I hope it gives other women facing breast cancer courage and strength. To follow is the introduction. Click on the links below to read the full story online.

Women are defined by their breasts.

We shouldn’t be, but we are. From the time we’re young girls, we stuff our training bras with socks to see what we might look like as women. We start to bud and boys start to notice. We wear clothes to make our breasts stand out – or maybe not stand out too much. Boys label our breasts – cantaloupes or cherries. Our breasts become tools of attraction, but they’re also functional. We feed our children with our breasts. When our breasts begin to sag, we think back to our youthful perky breasts. Maybe a lift isn’t such a bad idea after all.

But what about getting breast cancer?

More than pink ribbons and charity walks, breast cancer is a disease that will disfigure a woman’s body and potentially rob her of her breasts. How does a woman diagnosed with breast cancer – someone you love – handle that news? According to the latest statistics from the American Cancer Society, 108 women die of breast cancer every day. Although breast cancer isn’t always a death sentence, a certain mystery surrounds it. There are treatment options and opinions about preventing breast cancer, but no cure has been found. Not until breast cancer is experienced firsthand do we know how it will test a woman’s strength. Facing breast cancer is a personal journey with one goal: to live.

This is a story about my mom, Conchita Linda Santiago Argento, who was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Click this link to read the rest of the story. 

Now defunct, Rochester Woman Magazine has back issues available on issuu. Click this link to read the complete interactive issue.

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About Kristine Bruneau

For more than two decades, Kristine Bruneau has made a career from writing and marketing communications. Her commentaries, stories, and reviews have appeared in a variety of publications, including Daka Magazine, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester Magazine and Rochester Woman Magazine. She posts regularly to her Mommy Musings blog at kristinebruneau.com where she explores lessons on motherhood, love, and life. Bruneau is an alum of the 2015 Listen to Your Mother Rochester event (#LTYM #ROC). You can watch her read her motherhood story "Tangled in Leather" at the LTYM Show channel on YouTube. Search: Kristine Bruneau.

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  1. Thelma De Palma

    October 1, 2013 at 9:48 pm

    Kristine,
    I applaud your efforts as well as your Mom’s in this breast cancer awareness campaign. My family (and yours) has a history of deaths due to cancer. My mother at age 51, Aunt Tillie in her 50’s. Cousins Elmer, Ramon and Rudy, as well as uncles were victims too.
    I’m looking forward to reading your mom’s story in “Womens; Magazine” and glad to know that she is doing so well.
    Cousin Thelma

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