I can't believe I was SO FORTUNATE to have had what I know to be the 'best of the best' breast care in the US with breast specialist/surgeon, Dr. Kristi Funk and her amazing staff at the Pink Lotus. My fortune up to this time was not so great as I am Brca1 positive and lost my little sister at the age of 43 in 2011 and my mother at the age of 52 in 1980 to ovarian cancer. I thought I was being pro-active by having a prophylactic sapilingo oopherectomy in December of 2012 only to be told upon waking from surgery that I too had Ovarian Cancer. A week before this diagnosis another sister, who is also Brca1 positive, was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer! My odds of 87% for developing breast cancer was all I needed to make my decision to have a double mastectomy when my chemo therapy for the ovarian cancer was completed. In April of 2013, a month before the end of my chemo, I read Angelina Jolie's all too familiar and sad story and immediately called the Pink Lotus from Montana for a second opinion. It was during the initial consult with Dr. Funk at the Pink Lotus that my husband and I knew we would be in fantastic hands to get me free from the threat of cancer and to the 'other side'! MANY THANKS to everyone at Pink Lotus and praise to our heavenly Father for the gifts he has given Dr. Funk and her caring staff!!
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