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Valerie Mayes
09/21/11

I am forty years old. My Grandmother died if stage IV breast cancer that spread to her lungs and bones. I found a lump last year and it has not gone away. was pea size, now length of pencil down the

whole side of my left breast. I now have pain in my nipple. Sometimes when I wake my night gown is stuck to me like I leaked milk. Its flaky and can wash away. I also get severe pain in my shoulder and down my breast. My husband lost his job for 2 yrs in 2008 and has returned to work, but no ins. I…

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