By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Thousands stream past the Renaissance Vinoy Resort during the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Saturday morning.
ST. PETERSBURG — Wendy Phillips always knew she might get breast cancer one day.
Her mother had it. So did her grandmother.
Still, the 36-year-old New Port Richey woman was caught off guard when she found a lump in her breast early this year.
The diagnosis came on March 3. A few weeks later, Phillips, who does office work at Publix and Home Depot, had surgery to remove her lymph nodes and a lump.
She spent the summer in chemotherapy and is still getting some radiation now.
"I always figured I'd get it," Phillips said. "I just thought I'd be older."
On Saturday, Phillips and her three daughters, 11-year-old twins Madison and Paige and 7-year-old Savanah, walked arm in arm at ...