Barbara Flass

In My Sister's Footsteps: a Walk with Breast Cancer Barbara Flass

Breast cancer is powerful, but it is not more powerful than the love between sisters. In My Sister's Footsteps: A Walk with Breast Cancer is a testament to that love. In October 2003 Pat was diagnosed with a recurrence of her breast cancer first diagnosed four years earlier. Her younger sister, Barbara, who had supported Pat during two surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation, was diagnosed that same month with Stage 1 breast cancer. The two sisters, always close, were about to become closer as they fought for survival, a fight that all too soon became a struggle to overcome survivor guilt and grief. In My Sister's Footsteps blends narrative with childhood memories, journal entries, poetry, and life lessons and reveals how the bond between the two sisters grew stronger after diagnosis, a bond that could not be broken even by death. Throughout the book, Pat's humor provides inspiration and hope to all women diagnosed with breast cancer.