A Breast Cancer Notebook: My Story in Paper and Glue
Victoria Behm, 59, an artist living in New York City, was diagnosed with stage IIa invasive ductal carcinoma breast cancer when she was 57 years old. Using her skills as an artist, she created an illustrated notebook of her nine-month journey through breast cancer treatment.
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Yes, that's my hair
This is the cover of the notebook I created during my nine-month treatment for cancer. My hair began falling out in the marble bathroom at the Neue Galerie on Fifth Avenue in New York—not in giant, scary fistfuls, but about 10 wispy strands at a time. I knew then it was time to get my head shaved; it had been two and half weeks since I began chemotherapy.
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