My name is Shamica and I am battling my second time with tripple negative bi lateral breast cancer. I was diagnosed in 2009 at the young age of 28 with tripple negative bi lateral breast cancer. I am sure many are asking what is that??? Well it is an aggressive breast cancer that is due to genetics. This means that the gene was passed down from a parent and mutates in the child. What is interesting about my cancer is that I am the first person in my family to have cancer. We all were shocked because I am a healthy very active person how could this happen??? Despite the news that December day in 2009, I went thru chemo a double mastectomy and reconstruction. Once I finished chemo in 2010 I had to undergo radiation for a few months. This caused her implants to harden and therefore needed to be removed. This was my introduction to Dr. Grace Ma. An awesome plastic surgeon who performed the first ever DIEP Flap Breast Reconstructon in the state of Georgia on me. Once I finished all this I received the all clear in May 2011. In November of 2013 I felt a lump under my arm. Off to the doctor we go, a biopsy was done and came back positive for cancer, and it was tbe same type and this time more aggressive than before. The cancer was removed from my underarm and while Dr Barber was in surgery he noticed the cancer had attached to the chest walls. This cancer could not be removed and therefore off to chemo we go. This time the chemo is strong causing hair loss and more sickness than before but I'm still smiles. I'm also getting ready to start more radiation. Despite all of this I still work every day except chemo days and off days, at the gym 3 to 4 times a week, and coaches boys basketball in Marietta GA. I refuse to quit and I won't let cancer win!!!!

Shamica Dixon
Smyrna, GA