Father and daughter beat breast cancer together

Six months before her wedding, Joyelle Fleming found out she had breast cancer

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

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

Her passion for educating others led to the diagnosis of a family member, her dad

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

The painful lump was stage 2 breast cancer. Following the diagnosis, both Flemings underwent genetic testing

The results showed no genetic markers in two different types of breast cancer

This means their diagnosis is purely coincidence. Despite his diagnosis, Alton knew he had someone to help him through his cancer journey

When I was diagnosed, I actually was at peace because my daughter just went through this

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

Both continue to spread the word that self-checks can literally save your life

It really highlighted to me that men, too, can have breast cancer

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 Straight Arrow News, I'm Jack Henry