Young women get breast cancer, too: 36-y-o shares how she learnt the hard way to deal with it
Nov 2nd, 2021 | Category: Special Reports | 13:47#JamaicaGleaner NOVEMBER 1, 2021: A number of women go into depression or denial when diagnosed with breast cancer, especially the young ones with no family history of the dreaded disease. But not Shari Munroe. Instead, the 36-year-old Montego Bay businesswoman went into the unknown. She hosted a 'Boob Voyage' birthday party with an intimate group of friends out at sea recently, as she bade farewell to her two breasts.
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