Nancy Marino
Upon returning from her first vacation in the past five years, Nancy
knew that she would be welcomed home by her surgeon who would remove
the benign mass she had found six weeks before. Unfortunately, what
began as a routine procedure resulted in the detection of stage two,
estrogen-resistant breast cancer. A second surgery was scheduled, and
this one brought better news - clear margins and lymph nodes. While
these results improved the prognosis, Nancy still faced several months
of chemo and radiation therapy. Though these therapies would reduce her
chance of relapse to a mere 8 percent, to Nancy - a salon owner and
hairstylist - the hair loss that chemotherapy would inevitably induce
seemed almost worse than the disease itself. However, Nancy has since
regained perspective and currently wears a beautiful wig that she
independently designed and styled. With the support of family and
friends, she used her talents to replace the piece of herself that
chemotherapy had tried to claim, sculpting a beautiful image on a
strong body filled with the light of an indestructible soul. In
addition to her regular clientele, Nancy currently works with cancer
patients and survivors to assist them with wig selection, styling, and
maintenance.
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