tv KBS News KTSF November 16, 2011 7:30am-8:00am PST
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man: that moment. woman: it was a moment that changed my life. i'd been training with my team for months and, now, we had been called up for the first time -- the real deal. wildfires were getting dangerously close to homes. at that moment, i got my first taste of just how important the guard is to my community. announcer: see how the guard can be an important part of your life, at nationalguard.com.
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end with a diagnosis of breast cancer. and as rachael moodie found out, it doesn't have to. [rachael moodie] as soon as i knew that i was going to be having chemo, i knew i wanted to be a mom. and so my first thought is, if you're going to give me chemo, you tell me how i'm gonna be a mom. [female announcer] chemotherapy can compromise a woman's fertility. rachael turned to dr. catherine lee, a breast surgeon at moffitt cancer center in tampa, florida. [dr. catherine lee] it's really part of my responsibility i feel as a whole cancer doctor to introduce that discussion to patients of, are you interested in having children,
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do you have children, if you don't, these are the things that you need to know. [female announcer] rachael went through seventeen weeks of chemotherapy, and had a double mastectomy. but before she started treatment, she began in vitro fertilization. rachael and her husband hope to start a family in 2012. to find out more about cancer-related fertility preservation, visit inside moffitt dot com or call 1 888 663 3488.
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