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One cancer survivor looks back on how a breast cancer diagnosis divided her life into a before and after, and looks ahead to what comes next.

Debbie Ryan was the head coach at a Division I women’s basketball program when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2000. During treatment, she bonded with fellow pancreatic cancer patient Emily Couric, and together they outlined their ideal cancer center, now the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center.

Maintaining a good self-image in the face of body changes caused by cancer and chemotherapy is tough. However, exercise was able to boost one cancer patient’s morale and self-image.