Local Mom Survives Breast Cancer, Pursues Comedian Dream
The South River mom doesn't go to soccer games or concerts on the weekends—she performs at comedy clubs throughout the region.
Beth Kaufman has been chosen as The Huffington Post's Greatest Person of the Day for Feb. 16. You can read about past honorees here. It took countless chemotherapy sessions and an ongoing battle with breast cancer for Beth Kaufman to pursue her dream. After being told she was cancer-free while attending a health program at Duke University in July 2009, Kaufman was skeptical. "I felt lumps," Kaufman said. "I went through that summer hoping they were right, but knowing in my gut they were wrong." It was two months later that the 53-year-old learned she "officially" had breast cancer. The tumor in her chest was so attached that she endured chemotherapy prior to surgery, a rarity in breast cancer procedure, according to Kaufman. After …
Beth
6:33 am on Friday, February 17, 2012
Wow!, all the way from Poland, (my roots), thank you very much! more ›