What started out as a routine mammogram for Holland resident Shawn Luepke resulted in a phone call no one ever wants to get.
“I was called back that afternoon for an ultrasound,” says Shawn. Just a few days later, she was diagnosed with Stage 2 triple-negative breast cancer.
After completing months of chemotherapy, Shawn underwent a bilateral mastectomy. Surgeons also removed her axillary lymph nodes – lymph nodes located in the underarm area – to help prevent the cancer from spreading.