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MJ was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer in 2000, during the week of her 50th birthday.
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Seventeen years later, a nurse practitioner in a survivor clinic recommended imaging studies since MJ had been having joint pain, and a lesion was found on her spine. She lived with metastatic breast cancer since.
Eventually, MJ retired from an encore career as a disaster relief worker for the federal government. In 2020, she trained as a Hear My Voice Metastatic Advocate with LBBC. She lived in Exton, Pennsylvania.
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