California woman with stage 4 breast cancer denied mammogram at age 29: 'I'll be fighting forever'
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Philecia La’Bounty of Huntington Beach, California, told Fox News Digital she was diagnosed with "terminal" stage 4 breast cancer after being denied a mammogram "due to age" at 29. Here's her story.
"I’m also shouting from the rooftops to raise awareness to make cancer a chronic illness rather than a death sentence because women deserve more." She didn’t feel sick but returned to her clinic — where medical professionals told her to undergo immediate testing. "I felt like every day I was there for another scan." "I'm young, and I don't plan to die." Nicole Pelletiere is a senior editor on the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
La’Bounty, who works as a sales representative, said she was 29 years old when she first discovered a forward-facing, marble-sized lump in her left breast.