Just days before Sarah Ball, who had the BRCA2 gene, was attempting to save her breasts by having her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed, she was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer.Talk about timing.On top of her diagnosis, she was raising two teenage sons, living as a military wife whose husband was at war in Baghdad, and dealing with the loss of an adopted daughter. All of this while trying to keep herself mentally and physically healthy.Through writing daily journal entries, Sarah was able to hold it all together and reflect on just what it was she wanted from life – giving her a vastly different perspective from where she began.Join Sarah as she makes her harrowing trek to becoming a cancer veteran and a stronger woman, both inside and out.
Just days before Sarah Ball, who had the BRCA2 gene, was attempting to save her breasts by having her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed, she was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer.Talk about timing.On top of her diagnosis, she was raising two teenage sons, living as a military wife whose husband was at war in Baghdad, and dealing with the loss of an adopted daughter. All of this while trying to keep herself mentally and physically healthy.Through writing daily journal entries, Sarah was able to hold it all together and reflect on just what it was she wanted from life – giving her a vastly different perspective from where she began.Join Sarah as she makes her harrowing trek to becoming a cancer veteran and a stronger woman, both inside and out.
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