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October 22, 2022 9B Teri Haffner Celebrates Being Cancer Free to expand you. It was painful,” size of a quarter. I would tell softball game, and he was re- had this and died’ Everyone's she added. situation is unique, and you ally nice. He had been through others to rely on the Lord. I Haffner believes the process know that He got me through just got to pray for him, check it, and I thought, ‘I'm going to has changed over the years, it all of these years,” Haffner on him, and do the best you make it.” She said. doing all of the radiation and said. can for him,” she continued. In the end Haffner pointed out then all of the chemo prior to Her family worried about her The most comforting thing that she made it through it. the mastectomies. at first, but once they under- that someone did for her was And she said, “If I can make it, “I don’t know, but I think ev- stood that it is 95 percent cur- bring her food when she was you can make it.” erything’s changed in 16 years. able they seemed to relax. Her feeling bad. Her husband went Haffner is married to Greg and I would just say to do self-tests. daughter now gets a mammo- to work, and she was home they have two children. Their just happened to come across gram once a year. alone. Her friend came over to son Matt is married to Kellan it (the lump),” she said. “[ think when someone you they have two children, nine- visit her and brought her food Her official diagnosis was stage know has cancer, pray for and an outfit that zipped up year-old Myla and five-year-old three ductal carcinoma, but them. Check on them to see the front. Isiah. They live in Bixby. Their sixteen years later she is cancer if they need something. You “[ didn’t like it when people daughter is Kylie and she is free. She has had one PET scan just have to rely on the Lord to treated me differently. I had married to Josh Hanson. They and several breast MRI's and get through this because it’s a one gentleman stop me and have three children eight-year- sees her oncologist once a year. tough time. I would advise oth- said, ‘I know what you're going old Rebel, seven-year-old In- “Breast cancer is like 95 per- ers not to compare situations, through. I've been there. You die, and five-year-old Lettie. cent curable. My lump was the such as, ‘I knew a friend who realy will make it. It was at a The Hanson's live in Erick. 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She then had a mammo- front and slip-on shoes. Haff- breast tomosynthesis technology, Genius exams are clinically gram in December and was ner’s recommendation is be- tional 2D breast cancer screening exam. sent to Breast Imaging in Jan- cause of her experience with proven to significantly increase the detection of breast cancers, Our Genius™ 3D Mammography™ exam, available on the 3Di- uary. 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It was a nail-biter be- So I had the second mastec- vasive breast cancers compared to 2D alone, an average increase cause you must wait a week for tomy in October. I should that can greatly reduce the tissue overlap effect. of 41%.3 answers. But then you just go have just done both to begin A Genius exam includes both 2D images and tomosynthesis Only the Genius™ 3D Mammography” exam is FDA approved through it. You just have to get with, but that’s how I did it, scans. During the tomosynthesis-DIMENSIONAL portion of the as superior for women with dense breasts compared to 2D up every day and go through and it worked out fine. You go exam, an X-ray arm sweeps in a slight arc over the breast, tak- alone.1-2 it, because you don’t have through your treatments, and ing multiple images. A computer then converts the images into a See 3D page 10. any other option. 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