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Roughly 100 people die every day of breast cancer in the U.S. — and virtually all of these deaths are from metastatic breast cancer. That's individual people — moms, daughters, sisters, friends — multifaceted women of which cancer is just one thing, not everything. We are telling the stories of these women who have found strength in their sense of self, power in their beauty, and who refuse to let an incurable, deadly disease tell their story for them. Meet Rebecca.
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00:02Cancer doesn't discriminate. It could happen to anyone at any age at any time.
00:09It's important to keep on top of that.
00:14I'm Rebecca, I'm 35 and I'm from New York City.
00:17I was diagnosed stage 4 breast cancer six days before my 33rd birthday.
00:24Just randomly out of the blue, found a lump.
00:26I have cancer located in my breast and unfortunately in my brain.
00:31And still work full time, still live my life the best I can.
00:35Go out with my friends and enjoy every minute.
00:39Why go through all of this to save my life if I'm not living my life?
00:44This is my short hair debut.
00:46It's a very freeing, liberating feeling.
00:49It's great to have an intentional look and something that people walking down the street wouldn't necessarily think.
00:56of as a cancerous look.
00:58It's more like, hey, it's a girl with a cute, like, trendy pixie.
01:02People don't realize a lot of the struggle of being sort of invisibly sick.
01:08People will rush past me on the subway to get a seat that I really need.
01:12But I'm not going to be like, hey, get up, I need this seat.
01:15Sort of finding that balance of being a normal person versus expressing my needs as someone with metastatic breast cancer.
01:25To me, beauty is laughter.
01:28Stage 4 breast cancer patients tend to feel the gamut of emotions throughout the course of the day.
01:34So when you feel laughter, it's a moment of just pure joy and happiness.
01:39And you know it's coming from the right place.
01:43So to me, that is beauty.
01:44Bring your hands up early.
01:45On the right place.
01:45Cathy compresses how you're thinking about Aqua Diri West.
01:45Omicatha Pentecostal.
01:45To me, vitamin l3i1212.
01:46Have a good chance.
01:46común's posture?

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