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Kay Delaney, 77, is photographed in the West Yarmouth library where she volunteers and feels most at home. Kay was diagnosed with invasive lobular breast cancer, stage two on a Friday the 13th in 2017. "I somehow always thought I would get it since my mother had it and died so young," she explains. Kay had a mastectomy, lymph node removal and chemo treatments "I'm a nurse and found the hospital staffl to be so nice and respectful," she says. She decided against reconstructive surgery since, at her age, she felt body image was no longer an issue. Kay who is a great appreciator of books and her community library, was thrilled when she was able to return to volunteering at the West Yarmouth library. "When I was going through treatment, even when I lost my hair, the library was my grip on "normalcy". It gave me hope and the feeling that I was getting back to where I'm happy and contributing to my community," she adds.

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Rise Above: Exploring the Many Faces of Breast Cancer on Cape Cod
Kay Delaney, 77, is photographed in the West Yarmouth library where she volunteers and feels most at home. Kay was diagnosed with invasive lobular breast cancer, stage two on a Friday the 13th in 2017. "I somehow always thought I would get it since my mother had it and died so young," she explains. Kay had a mastectomy, lymph node removal and chemo treatments "I'm a nurse and found the hospital staffl to be so nice and respectful," she says. She decided against reconstructive surgery since, at her age, she felt body image was no longer an issue. Kay who is a great appreciator of books and her community library, was thrilled when she was able to return to volunteering at the West Yarmouth library. "When I was going through treatment, even when I lost my hair, the library was my grip on "normalcy". It gave me hope and the feeling that I was getting back to where I'm happy and contributing to my community," she adds.