# @clevelandmagazine on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CyasIUPua5I
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/9394701-clevelandmagazine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-10-15T11:01:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Cleveland Magazine (@clevelandmagazine) — https://gondola.cc/clevelandmagazine

## Caption

Lauren Sloan wasn’t a tattoo person. The North Royalton resident, a 43-year-old mother of two, never had any interest in getting inked — much less across the entirety of her chest.

But breast cancer changed the way she felt about her body. Diagnosed in 2019 with invasive ductal carcinoma, Sloan ultimately underwent chemotherapy, radiation and four surgeries, including a double mastectomy. The experience saved her life, but it also changed her body in an extremely short period of time.

“Nothing about the cancer experience is fun. It’s the antithesis of fun,” she says. “This opportunity felt refreshing because it’s fun. It’s different and unexpected in a positive way.”

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