Survivor: Toni Sylvester (21)

Painted during TAC session three

"Mothers & Daughters"
16" x 20"
Acrylic on canvas

Toni's Story:

I found a lump, but I was not particularly concerned. Still, I had an ultrasound, which led to a mammogram, which led to biopsy. Then suddenly I had cancer. I had surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. So now, a few years later, I am cancer-free.

I am a woman and sometimes even a girl. I am a wife, a sister, a daughter and a friend. I am Auntie to some and Doctor to many. I am "too young for cancer" as I am often told. I am one in eight. My mother is one in eight. I am the daughter of a survivor. I am a survivor.