“In October, 1991, I had my 36th birthday. Less than 2 months later, on New Years Day, 1992, I felt a lump in my left breast. Immediately, I thought it was cancer. Deep inside, I knew it was. I quietly cried for 3 days thinking that I was destined to die. At the end of the 3rd day, I took a very deep breath, collected myself as best I could and decided that I was not going to die. That I was going to fight!”
Alicia Boyce
Alicia’s story is like many we are honored to hear every day, and the reason we work so hard to make sure that everyone who needs a mammogram or treatment assistance can have it. It is our stories that tie us together. Alicia took her experience and created, with the help of friends, an amazing quilt she donated to Komen Austin. Featuring over a dozen past Race for the Cure shirts, it will be displayed at our 20th Anniversary Race on September 30th.
If you haven’t already registered for Race, we hope you will today and join Alicia and thousands of others as we fundraise and come together to celebrate you and remember those who we have lost.
“In October, 1991, I had my 36th birthday. Less than 2 months later, on New Years Day, 1992, I felt a lump in my left breast. Immediately, I thought it was cancer. Deep inside, I knew it was. I quietly cried for 3 days thinking that I was destined to die. At the end of the 3rd day, I took a very deep breath, collected myself as best I could and decided that I was not going to die. That I was going to fight!”
