Lorena Meritano is not letting breast cancer defeat her. The Argentinian actress is sharing her inspiring message of perseverance after undergoing a double mastectomy, with a photo proudly baring her scars. "Life throws us curveballs to teach us things and to allow us to realize the number of changes we must undergo on every level," Meritano, 45, writes on Instagram. Meritano, a popular telenovela star, found a breast cancer lump back in March 2014 during a self-check. She quickly went in for treatment and underwent chemotherapy and multiple surgeries to remove the tumors in the summer of 2014, plus a single mastectomy to her right breast.
- 8/23/2016
- by Julie Mazziotta, @julietmazz
- PEOPLE.com
Lorena Meritano is not letting breast cancer defeat her. The Argentinian actress is sharing her inspiring message of perseverance after undergoing a double mastectomy, with a photo proudly baring her scars. "Life throws us curveballs to teach us things and to allow us to realize the number of changes we must undergo on every level," Meritano, 45, writes on Instagram. Meritano, a popular telenovela star, found a breast cancer lump back in March 2014 during a self-check. She quickly went in for treatment and underwent chemotherapy and multiple surgeries to remove the tumors in the summer of 2014, plus a single mastectomy to her right breast.
- 8/23/2016
- by Julie Mazziotta, @julietmazz
- PEOPLE.com
Argentinian actress Lorena Meritano, whose doctors diagnosed her with breast cancer in May 2015, took to Instagram to inspire us all and share her empowering story of having a double mastectomy. The star's emotional post included a photo of herself triumphantly displaying the scars left behind by her procedures. "Life puts you to the test plenty of times, sometimes you can easily pass them and sometimes you don't. Generally, these situations come to shake us, to teach us things, and to show us all of the changes that we should be doing all around. In March 2014, I got a regular physical and I was healthy. The following month, while during a self-breast exam, I found a bump. I acted quickly and...
- 8/23/2016
- E! Online
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