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Tracy Gallagher
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TRACY WAS 46 WHEN SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER AFTER A ROUTINE MAMMOGRAM IN NOVEMBER 2018. SHE UNDERWENT A LUMPECTOMY AND RECEIVED 16 ROUNDS OF CHEMO. WHEN SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS BRCA1+ THAT LED TO A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY AND HYSTERECTOMY. TRACY LIVES IN SOUTHAVEN WITH HER HUSBAND JOEL AND THEIR 3 CHILDREN.


​Ashleigh Parker

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ASHLEIGH WAS DIAGNOSED AT AGE 48 WITH STAGE 4 COLORECTAL CANCER THAT HAD SPREAD TO LYMPH NODES AND LIVER IN AUGUST OF 2019.
AFTER 6 ROUNDS OF CHEMO, 25 ROUNDS OF CHEMO/RADIATION AND MULTIPLE MAJOR SURGERIES, SHE WAS DECLARED IN REMISSION IN MAY 2020. IN 2023 SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SMALL RECURRENCE IN HER LIVER. SHE IS NOW BACK IN REMISSION AFTER A LIVER ABLATION. ASHLEIGH LIVES IN OLIVE BRANCH WITH HER HUSBAND DAVID.  THEY HAVE  4 CHILDREN.


Tina James

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TINA WAS 49 WHEN SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 3C OVARIAN CANCER AFTER THE SUDDEN ONSET OF SYMPTOMS. AFTER MAJOR SURGERIES, CHEMO AND MAINTENANCE CHEMO SHE WAS CANCER FREE FOR TWO YEARS.  TINA HAD  RECURRENCES IN 2024 AND 2025 AND IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING HER FOURTH LINE OF CHEMO.  TINA HAS A GENETIC  MUTATION OF THE BRCA1 GENE AND STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF GENETIC TESTING AND PREVENTATIVE CARE AND SURGERIES.  SHE RESIDES IN HERNANDO WITH HER HUSBAND CHRIS AND HAS FOUR CHILDREN AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN.​

Susan Rutherford

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SUSAN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA JUST BEFORE HER 21st BIRTHDAY.  SHE HAS SINCE HAD TWO ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSES AND HAS BEEN IN REMISSION OVER TEN YEARS. SHE HAS HAD SURGERY, CHEMOTHERAPY,  RADIATION AND RADIOACTIVE IODINE. SHE KNOWS WITHOUT REGULAR FOLLOW-UPS, HER SUBSEQUENT CANCERS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT SO EARLY.  SUSAN LIVES IN HERNANDO WITH HER HUSBAND TOMMY. SHE HAS TWO SONS HUDSON AND GEORGE.

Tamara Dickerson

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TAMARA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 1 OVARIAN CANCER AFTER A HYSTERECTOMY IN 2021 AT THE AGE OF 59.  SHE HAD 6 ROUNDS OF CHEMO​ FOR PREVENTATIVE CARE BUT A FOLLOW UP BIOPSY CONFIRMED FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA IN WHICH SHE RECEIVED 24 ROUNDS OF RADIATION TREATMENTS. SHE CONTINUES FIGHTING FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA WITH IMMUNOTHERAPY TREATMENTS. SHE  LIVES IN SOUTHAVEN  WITH HER HUSBAND GREG AND HAS 5 CHILDREN AND 4 GRANDCHILDREN.
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