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Six months before her wedding, Joyelle Fleming found out she had breast cancer
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Did six rounds of chemo, then did a double mastectomy. Once I recovered from double mastectomy, I had 14 rounds of chemo again, and then I was done
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She documented every step of her cancer journey through Instagram videos. I wanted people to have another insider view because when you're like Googling things and like on WebMD, it's very scary
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Her passion for educating others led to the diagnosis of a family member, her dad
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We were on vacation in Hawaii and I just felt a lump. It was painful. That's really what caught my attention. It was just painful
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The painful lump was stage 2 breast cancer. Following the diagnosis, both Flemings underwent genetic testing
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The results showed no genetic markers in two different types of breast cancer
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This means their diagnosis is purely coincidence. Despite his diagnosis, Alton knew he had someone to help him through his cancer journey
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When I was diagnosed, I actually was at peace because my daughter just went through this
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and she kind of showed me how to go through it. Father and daughter are now both in remission, but that hasn't stopped their cancer journey
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Both continue to spread the word that self-checks can literally save your life
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It really highlighted to me that men, too, can have breast cancer
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It's not common. It's only 1% of cases. But men, too, can. And it's important to not ignore symptoms
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For more breast cancer resources, log on to our website and download the SAN app
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For Straight Arrow News, I'm Jack Henry
