By Kristina Rex; Updated on: October 18, 2024 / 5:36 PM EDT / CBS Boston
MATTAPAN – Shadon Watkins of Boston remembers life before breast cancer.
“It was amazing,” the 32-year-old Mattapan resident told WBZ-TV. “I had my children. I was able to do things with them that didn’t affect my everyday life, like riding bikes and swimming and all the outdoor activities.”
Watkins lives with her four children – ages 7, 9, 11, and 12 – and her husband, who has taken on a lot of responsibility since she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“It was like a normal day,” Watkins said about the moment her life changed. “I woke up, I had some pain in my chest. When I sat up off the bed, I had, like, a lump sitting off my chest.”
She went to the doctor and everything happened quickly from there – X-ray scans, MRIs, and before Watkins knew it, she was diagnosed with breast cancer on March 4, 2021.
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