{"id":7055,"date":"2024-10-17T19:45:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T19:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=7055"},"modified":"2024-10-17T19:46:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T19:46:09","slug":"city-of-troy-honors-breast-cancer-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/10\/17\/city-of-troy-honors-breast-cancer-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Troy honors breast cancer survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month<\/a>, the City of Troy\u2019s Public Relations and Tourism Office held a \u201cPink Event\u201d to raise awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Cancer doesn’t have a particular person to come to,” said Reginia Foster, a breast cancer survivor. “It’s important to celebrate the people that have been diagnosed or may have lost their battle to breast cancer.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several survivors spoke at the event to share their battle with the disease. They were each gifted a rose to recognize their strength. Reginia Foster is one such survivor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I was sitting on the porch, I happened to put my hand across my breast, and I found the lump,” she said. “Later, I found out it was cancer.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Foster was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer at the age of 44. After a mastectomy and several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, she is now cancer-free. She said the disease doesn\u2019t define her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My breasts didn’t make me,” she said. “So, therefore, take it off. As a matter of fact, take both of them off.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said it\u2019s important for everyone to be mindful and celebrate those who fight breast cancer every day. Positivity, she said, is what carried her through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You’re automatically going to think, ‘Why me?’ but I began to say, ‘Why not me?'” Foster said. “Do I get down sometimes? Yes. But that right there, it just made me stronger and stronger, and I thank God for the person that I am.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Public Relations and Tourism Office urges everyone to prioritize their breast health and get checked regularly. They explain that it might just save your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the City of Troy\u2019s Public Relations and Tourism Office held a \u201cPink Event\u201d to raise awareness.<\/p>\n

“Cancer doesn’t have a particular person to come to,” said Reginia Foster, a breast cancer survivor. “It’s important to celebrate the people that have been diagnosed or may…<\/p>\n

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