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When people hear the words breast cancer, they often think about treatment. They think about chemotherapy, surgery, radiation, scans, and appointments. They think about what happens to the body. What they don't often think about is what happens underneath it all: the identity shifts, the grief, the fear, the rebuilding. The things no one can see. I was 38 years old when I was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer. I exercised daily. I lifted weights. I ate well. I maintained