A Survivor Story: Cathy Bueti

As I said in the first post of the three part Survivor Story I shared with you earlier this month, every breast cancer survivor has a story to tell. Each breast cancer survivor’s story is equally important, equally significant, equally magnificent.

Today I’m going to share with you the personal story of Cathy Bueti.

Introducing … Cathy Bueti:

“My survivor story begins much earlier than my breast cancer diagnosis.

I married my high school sweetheart when I was 23 and by 25 I was a widow. He and his younger brother were killed in a car accident. That was back in 1994. At the time I recall telling my grandmother that at least I was getting the bad stuff out of the way early in life.

Fast forward to May of 2001 and at the age of 31 I was diagnosed with stage 2 invasive ductal carcinoma. I requested a mastectomy when a lumpectomy was recommended (just on instinct) and decided on a TRAM Flap reconstruction.

My 10 hour surgery was on August 20, 2001. Since they found traces of cancer in one lymph node I had to go through 6 months of chemotherapy. During my surgery and chemo I continued to date and met my current husband the following March of 2002 only a month after he lost his mom to breast cancer.
Next month we will celebrate our 5th anniversary on the same day of my 7 year survivor anniversary!

I hope through sharing my story that I can give hope and inspiration to other young women especially single women that you can find your happy beginning!”

I applaud you Cathy, today and every day. I’m so glad you shared your story with the Pink Ribbon Readers.

Readers … please feel free to comment on Cathy’s story below (she’ll be reading!)

(Image: Cathy Bueti)

Coming up … a Q&A with Cathy Bueti!