00:01I try to look forward to the future as most as I can. I know some people don't
00:06do that because they don't think they have a future but I'm 19 and like I want
00:10to have a future. Action! I'm Brittany. I was diagnosed when I was 18. I went in
00:15February of 2015 because I found a lump and they said well you're 18 you're too
00:21young to get breast cancer and they sent me home. About three months later the
00:25lump was growing even larger and my nipple inverted and the very next day
00:30they called me in and they said you have breast cancer. I feel like being 19 with
00:37breast cancer is even harder. My life was just beginning and then I was told it was
00:41going to end. I remember my heart dropping and like asking God why is this
00:45happening to me because I was so young. This is the only type of breast cancer that can kill you
00:52and I think more people should be
00:55aware of that because they all focus on early stages but stage four needs more.
01:00When I was first diagnosed you know I was sad and upset and like it was hard for me
01:04and then I realized like no I can't be like this I need to be positive I need to
01:09look for the good. I kind of just realized it. I want people to know that yeah I
01:14have bad days and that you know one day that I will pass away from this but right
01:19now I'm okay and I'm doing well. I don't want people to feel sorry for me. I want to
01:24write a book about what it's like being diagnosed with metastatic cancer when
01:28you're 19 years old. Well 18. I'm actually going to college right now to become a
01:33better writer and that's what I'm doing to look forward to the future. Before cancer
01:39I had self-esteem issues and you know I didn't think I was beautiful and I just I struggled with
01:46that and then
01:47after when I was bald and boobless I found self-confidence and that's when I
01:52realized like I'm beautiful like just how I am.
