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Mary De Santis-Destounis "On September 21, 2006, I received the most devastating news of my life.  I was told that I had stage two breast cancer.  The most difficult time for my children, Gregory 9 and Jenna 6, and my husband Evange, was yet to come.  They were confronted by my sudden chemo treatments which began on October 12, 2006 and this lasted for 6 months but that was not all.  I was no longer the happy mommy and huggable person that they knew, but rather a much more depressed human being.  Often, I could not remember what day it was!

 Thanks to the support of my family and friends, who I now refer to as my "Circle of Life", and to the doctors and the staff at the Cedars Breast Clinic, I was able to fight and reach my present state.  I had successful surgery in April 2007 and completed radiation treatments in July of that year.  Some further treatments followed and by the end of 2007, I began to feel like myself again.

With gratitude for all the care we have received, my husband and I have formed Cedars Circle of Life, a fundraising group dedicated to giving back in anyway we can.  When asked 'Why the name Circle of Life?' I reply that a circle has no end and no beginning.  In this life I learned you give back what was given to you.  And...it is a simple fact that I survived this dark period by being surrounded by a circle of friends, a circle of medical professionals of the highest regard and by a circle of caring people like the volunteers and staff of Cedars." 

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