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Vanessa Echols

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RING MY BELL

Submitted to Contest #301

It’s 4:30 a.m. I just woke up. And I, Temple Latrice Lee, am alive.Yes, alive and it’s a really big deal. I’m sure there are those who were betting against me, maybe even Dr. Schustenberg when she told me 18 months ago, that I had stage III breast cancer. But today I’m cancer free and ready to ring that dang bell. You’re probably wondering how I got to this point. Well so am I. I mean for real, how does a 32 year old woman who looked perfectly healthy and felt perfectly fine until that life changing week, end up being diagnosed with cancer.B...

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