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Studies show that Black Americans have a higher mortality when it comes cancer. I’m Melissa Wright in north Omaha where this weekend neighbors will be able to get low-cost or free cancer screenings.
Monique Henry is a cancer survivor. She also calls herself a miracle.
“When they said— when I read it… I was like what?” said Henry.
Two years ago, she was diagnosed with stage 4 appendix cancer. At one point she says some of her organs shut down.
“It was pretty aggressive. i had to do 6 rounds o chemo. then i had to do a big surgery in December of 2022 called the HIPEC .” said Henry.
Henry says chemo affected her physically but diamond dotting, a hobby of her helped with her journey.
“As you can see there’s little ‘itty bitty’ dots that you have to focus on and there’s a key, and you just stick on them key on the canvas and it was a way for me to escape my reality.” said Henry
Henry also says her now 6-year-old grandson is also the reason she survived. Henry shes cancer free now but …