Despite having no family history, Battista said it was shocking. "What 34-year-old thinks, 'Oh, I probably have breast cancer. So, it was very surreal. Very shocking," she said.
At first, she thought it was a clogged milk duct, but a biopsy revealed something devastating. The new mother was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer and a BRCA1 mutation. With this diagnosis came the devastating thought of not having any more children. So, before starting chemotherapy, a double mastectomy, and removing her fallopian tubes, Battista met with Dr. Kara Goldman from the Northwestern Medicine Center for Fertility and Reproductive Medicine.
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