*By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff December 29, 2018*

Something was very wrong. Marie Cajuste couldn’t ignore it any more. She had noticed a hard lump in her left breast about a year before, but kept the discovery to herself.

She literally could not afford to be sick. **[Read more](https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/12/29/double-diagnosis/6dlK3khlR6jrOBXpNIMiiI/story.html)**

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