Quick post to say hello from San Antonio. Been here since Wednesday for the San Antonio Breast Cancer Conference. A lot of fun and feels great sharing information on FORCE. Being here reminds me of why dh and I are in the process of redefining our families priorities. It's an amazing experience to see all the researchers and doctors who are here for breast cancer. Further, to see all the work being done for the high-risk group is amazing as well. It grows and grows at each conference.

There are five of us here; our executive director and three other outreach coordinators (from Houston, LA and Chicago) - plus myself. What's amazing in itself is three of us are pre-vivors. Normally I'm here with mostly cancer survivors and it's challenging because pre-vivors have our own set of issues. It's great to sit and talk with other women who completely understand everything you have gone through and different challenges we still face. I had never met the other women (with the exception of Sue, our executive director) but you would never know it. As soon as we meet, we share our stories and from that moment on it's as if we've always known each other. It's very surreal. We have been sharing what we have done in our communities and exchanging ideas of what we might want to do going forward.

It's awesome!

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