Yolaine Eiland was consistent when it came to her yearly mammogram. But in 2015, when work suddenly became busy, she forgot to schedule her annual exam. She even considered waiting until the following year to get one since her other mammograms were always clear. However, something kept telling her she needed to schedule her appointment. A couple months later, she went…
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Inspired by Zero: Iron Woman
Sorita Averill-Fitzgerald defines herself as an athlete. In addition to training and running multiple half marathons, marathons and triathlons, she also owns a Fleet Feet running store and participates in several running groups in her hometown of West Reading, Pennsylvania. Her athleticism, however, doesn’t just lie in the races, but also in her preparation for them. “I love setting big goals…
Read MoreInspired by Zero: A Ray of Hope
In 2011, Sonia Ray was the perfect picture of health. At 34 years old, she had been happily married for eleven years and the mother of two sons – 11 and 13. Sonia had no previous health issues and no family history of breast cancer, but when she suddenly felt symptoms of breast cancer such as pain in her breasts, she demanded a…
Read MoreInspired by Zero: Unfortunate Genes
Running is more than life to Gretchen, even more so now than ever. If you had followed her through her middle and high school track careers, you would’ve never guessed that running would be her escape from lifelong diagnoses and treatments, but that’s just what it is. Gretchen was diagnosed with adrenal cancer at just 2 years old. After 31…
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