Published: 9/15/2011 2:25 AM
Last Modified: 9/15/2011 3:22 AM
reproduced from the Tulsa World
When Elian Hurtado found out she had breast cancer, she first thought of her children.
She sat in the doctor's parking lot, called a friend of hers and asked if she knew an attorney.
"I thought, 'I have to make an appointment because I need to do a will for my kids,' " she recalled.
But Hurtado wasn't resigned to the worst-case scenario. Instead, she educated herself and, above all, stayed positive.
"Breast cancer isn't a death sentence," said the 30-something mother of three, who was diagnosed in November 2008.
Now, Hurtado is cancer-free and a survivor, who will be among the thousands of women gathering downtown Saturday for the annual Komen Tulsa Race for the Cure.
She was too sick to attend the event in 2009, but she did in 2010, walking with her family and a couple of friends.
"That day, I turned the switch from breast cancer patient to a survivor because everyone who was there survived," said Hurtado, who "gets chills" when she thinks about the overwhelmingly positive experience she had at the last Komen Race for the Cure.
Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=425&articleid=20110915_43_D1_CUTLIN403929
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