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Cate Hardiman

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Cate Hardiman

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  • Contributor since 2025
  • Previvor and caregiver to sibling with metastatic breast cancer
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Cate is a previvor living near New Haven, Connecticut.

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As a civil engineer, she works in the construction industry. She has raised three babies into pretty great adults, and they all enjoy spending time outdoors -- camping, hiking, rock hounding, and relaxing at the neighborhood beach.

Cate also enjoys fiber arts, including knitting, crocheting, and sewing.

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I didn’t have cancer, but I still carry the scars: A BRCA previvor’s story

03/05/25 | BY: Cate Hardiman

BRCA previvor Cate Hardiman opens up about the emotional scars left by her preventive surgeries, the weight of survivor’s guilt, and the impact of caregiving for her sister with metastatic breast cancer. Even as she recovered from her own mastectomy, she sat beside her sister through infusions, putting her own healing on hold.

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