"This sucks. There's no eloquent way to put it." ABC7 Producer Chellise Morey is sharing her fight with breast cancer and urging others to get tests done ahead of annual Susan G. Komen More than Pink Walk.Despite advances in treatment, experts estimate one in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.
"It was March after the Oscars. I went in for my biannual mammogram and ultra sound. They had been monitoring something in my right breast for a while. This time they found something that changed," said Morey. "So the day after my 53rd birthday, I went in and had the biopsy done," said Morey. "Not a pleasant experience and the waiting is probably the hardest thing."
"My plastic surgeon came in, that's when i just started to lose it. I was just like, this sucks. You know, there's no other way to put it. There's no eloquent way to put it," she described."I have great health insurance. I have great resources. We live in an area with great doctors, but not everyone has that," said Morey. "That's why it's important to do that Susan G.