Too Young for This: Facing Cancer Under 40
Lauren Terrazzano, who writes a weekly column for Newsday called “Life, With Cancer,” said that for a younger person, “cancer can be the ultimate form of identity theft, if you let it.”
Ms. Terrazzano was told she had advanced lung cancer in 2004 and has since undergone three operations, including an extrapleural pneumonectomy, in which her right lung and part of the lining of her heart were removed. She has also undergone extensive chemotherapy and radiation.
“One day you’re a healthy 36-year-old with long hair, black mascara and low-rider jeans,” she said. “You’re going through the rhythms of life, going to work, going to dinner, hanging out with friends. And the next minute you’re Cancer Girl.
“It’s a hard thing to reconcile.”
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