(MENAFN) Breast cancer fighter Brigitte Chemla, 54, lives a fully active life inspiring women to go in for early screening and urging them to give the challenge a good fightback. In 2007 she was in Stage 3 of breast cancer.
"I underwent mastectomy of the left breast as well as reconstruction, then chemotherapy, as well as a one-year Herceptin therapy," Chemla said.
Chemla, an entrepreneur in the health insurance field, recalls the day of her surgery "When I woke up from the mastectomy with immediate reconstruction after eight hours of surgery, the first thing I did was to touch my breast and, when I felt it, I felt so relieved."
"Losing a breast is similar to experiencing an amputation for many women. But some women decide to delay breast reconstruction while others cannot imagine living with mastectomy", she added.
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