“Just living life and then, BOOM! I have cancer”
Published December 9, 2019
Laurie was a working mom living in New York City when a diagnosis of breast cancer turned her life upside down. In Part 1, we learn about the role of Facebook in coping with cancer and how Laurie shared her cancer journey with her 3-year old twin girls.
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