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Rebbeca Turner wasn't prepared for the breast cancer diagnosis she received nine months ago. "Nobody is prepared," she said. "There is definitely an initial shock ... but you deal with it, get a plan, move forward and try to beat it."

Turner, a legal assistant from Decatur, Georgia, says her life was turned upside down by the news. The 36-year-old mother of two had just 15 days between diagnosis and treatment to make crucial medical decisions and get her life in order at home.

"I felt and saw my tumor grow and triple in size in three weeks, so I didn't have a lot of time," she said. Read full article »

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