Photo By Patrick Young | Hunter Exchange manager Jacqueline Scott and Natacha Robbins pose for a photo Oct. 25...... read more read more
Natacha Robbins is the picture of health, statuesque and radiant. You would never guess 14 years ago, she was in the throes of chemotherapy.
At only 24 years-old and the mother of two young children, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“I thought I was going to die,” Robbins said. “My daughter remembers everything – me without hair, the throwing up.”
Her fear was founded. Women in her family had died in their forties from the same disease.
On Oct. 25, Robbins cohosted the second annual Hunter Army Airfield Fight Against Breast Cancer event at the Hunter Main Post Exchange.
The event was started in 2018 by Jacqueline Scott, the Main Post Exchange facility manager, with the intent to spread information and awareness about breast cancer throughout the community.
The event included bra painting, blood pressure and body mass index testing. It also provided information about breast cancer prevention and screening.
More than 45 people attended the event. Participants learned all genders – not just women - are susceptible to breast cancer.
Learning booths, created by Scott, highlighted the importance of self-examinations and scheduled mammograms in early detection.
According to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer, changes in the consistency, color, size or shape of breasts can be early indications of breast cancer. Other early warning signs include discharge, pain, and itching.
Robbins credits her friends and family for helping her through her breast cancer journey. She also credits early detection methods with keeping her healthy. As a survivor, she attends regularly scheduled mammograms and examinations.
For personnel stationed at Hunter Army Airfield, mammograms and examinations can be scheduled through Tuttle Army Health Clinic.
Additional information about breast cancer screening and prevention can be found at The National Cancer Institute online at www.cancer.gov/types/breast.
| Date Taken: | 10.31.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 10.31.2019 09:11 |
| Story ID: | 350016 |
| Location: | FORT STEWART, GEORGIA, US |
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