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Geralyn Lucas
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- Cancer
- Women's Health
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Why I Wore Lipstick (To My Mastectomy)In this moving and hilarious presentation, Lucas tells her inspirational story of understanding, coping with, and surviving breast cancer. At the age of 27, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, there had not been a trace of it in her family medical history. The courageous and uplifting attitude with which she approached that diagnosis and battle with the disease has made her a favorite with audiences across the country. She shares her message so that sisters, mothers, daughters, and friends can empower themselves with the knowledge to stop breast cancer before it starts. Her message is a testament to womanhood and beauty during those moments when women feel least feminine. Listen to your heart, get the facts, be fearless, and find your inner cleavage!
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After a recent graduation from the Columbia Journalism School, Geralyn Lucas was settling into her life as a producer for Lifetime Television with her husband, a doctor. But at the shockingly young age of 27, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and forced to make the harrowing decision of whether or not to undergo a mastectomy.
Because it is a common misconception that women in their 20's and 30's do not get breast cancer, Lucas thought it was important to share her story with women. It is her vivacious and truly motivational attitude that led her to pen her memoir, Why I Wore Lipstick (to My Mastectomy). Lucy Danziger, Editor-in-Chief of "SELF" magazine, says, "If humor has a role in curing breast cancer, then Geralyn Lucas should win the prize. Her honest, funny and courageous account of facing down the disease is both inspiring and entertaining, and readers who know anyone going through treatment will love this singularly upbeat account."
Now a 37-year-old breast cancer survivor, Lucas is a feisty and inspirational woman. In her presentations, she details her internal struggle with womanhood after losing a key female-defining characteristic, and the soul searching she had to do to find her "inner cleavage" and feel sexy and whole once again. Audiences are by her side at a strip club contemplating what it might be like to lose a breast; they are with her when she endures chemotherapy treatments; they cheer as she makes the courageous move to get a heart tattooed where her right nipple used to be; and they rejoice when she discusses becoming pregnant with her daughter.
Lucas' message is not just for women who have experienced the effects of cancer. "This is a universal story for women," Lucas says, "We get ourselves in these boxes of who we are and who we can be. A lot of people say going through a serious illness makes you look deeply at who you are, and that can be true. But you don't have to have breast cancer to do that."
Lucas was an editorial producer at ABC News for "20/20" before joining Lifetime Television, where one of her projects is Lifetime's initiative "Stop Breast Cancer for Life." She lives in New York City with her husband, Tyler, and their two children. Skye, her eldest child, was born in the same hospital where Lucas had her mastectomy.