Pat Gentile smiles today. In 2010, while she was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, a stranger in a convenience store told her she looked “fabulous” and helped her feel normal and seen. Pat Gentile
Pat Gentile
In her late 50s, Pat Gentile was diagnosed with breast cancer. During chemotherapy, she lost all her hair, so she began to wear a wig.
“But that wig — and I only had one wig — that wig was
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