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"  Trusting Her Mommy Gut Stay-at-home mom Kari was 29 and five months pregnant when one night her forearm happened to brush against her right breast through her T-shirt and bra, and she felt something gravelly and worrisome. Her ob-gyn told her it was likely a clogged milk duct. But eight months later \u2014 after giving birth to a healthy baby, Trinity \u2014 Kari was still anxious. She went for a mammogram.  Kari will never forget the moment she received the oncologist&amp;#039;s call: &amp;quot;I was in line at a Starbucks drive-through. The poor barista came to take my money, and I started bawling.&amp;quot; She sobbed all weekend. But on Monday, she was ready to fight. &amp;quot;My doctor said the cancer was aggressive,&amp;quot; she recalls. &amp;quot;I shot back, &amp;#039;I am, too.&amp;#039;&amp;quot;  Fast-and-Furious Treatment Kari began chemo immediately. &amp;quot;It was the darkest time of my life,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Pain, puking, headaches.&amp;quot; Two months in, the chemo was halted for a double mastectomy. Then there was more chemo, radiation, and reconstructive surgery. &amp;quot;No more self-exams,&amp;quot; says Kari with a smile.  Nine Years and Counting Because Kari was estrogen receptor\u00A0\u2014\u00A0positive, she was prescribed a five-year course of Tamoxifen, a drug that blocks estrogen receptors in breast cancer cells. Happily, that regimen is now in her past, and she is writing a book about her experiences.  When she was diagnosed, Kari had set two goals: to see her elder daughter, Gracie, start kindergarten and to hear Trinity&amp;#039;s first words. When she hit both milestones, Kari cried. Now, on every first day of school, she says, &amp;quot;I still cry. I asked for one year, and I got nine and counting.&amp;quot;  RELATED:\u00A0When You&amp;#039;re Told, &amp;quot;You Have Breast Cancer&amp;quot; This story originally appeared in the October 2015 issue of Good Housekeeping. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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