Just in Case - by Joey Thompson

Seeing a poster in her doctor's office spurred Joey to get a mammogram. When she was diagnosed with cancer, the thought of her children growing up without her was worse than knowing she had cancer.

The risk of breast and ovarian cancer impacts thousands every year. Learn more at http://cdc.gov/bringyourbrave.

This story was created in a workshop led by StoryCenter in collaboration with the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD), with funding from the Centers for Disease Control. Helping Families Communicate About Hereditary Breast or Ovarian Cancer project is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $450,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

For more Information about StoryCenter's public health efforts, visit https://www.storycenter.org/public-health-human-services.

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