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Woman Battling Breast Cancer Finds Humor

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When she was told the earth shattering information, Maha El-Sabaawi fell to the ground as she wept uncontrollably. There was not much she could do as her body stiffened with fear. Maha had just been diagnosed with advanced breast cancer.

Maha came to Canada from Saudi Arabia as a child and before settling in London, Ontario with her family she briefly stayed in Toronto where she was diagnosed with cancer. For the past two years, the 26-year-old has been fighting an arduous battle with not only her health, but also regaining her life and identity as a young woman who has undergone a double mastectomy.

During her recovery process, Maha discovered she had a passion for acting in front of a camera. Tying in her passion for celebrity gossip, she began creating humorous parodies of popular television shows and celebrities. After uploading her videos onto the Internet and creating her own Web site, celebrityfling, Maha gained a large cult following of users who were charmed by her vivacious personality and well-scripted characters.

Maha began posting her media on talent Web sites, and right away the users embraced her magnetism and recognized her incredible talent. Maha continues to create and film new shorts, all the while facing obstacles on the road to regaining her health. Her illness has not dampened her positive spirit though. "My attitude is growing stronger every day. I am unstoppable," she proclaims in her online biography.

Though Maha has defied the odds, breast cancer is a growing epidemic. This was once a disease that was thought to only plague elderly women. However women of any age are at risk to this type of cancer. Experts are not quite sure what causes breast cancer in some and others not. But, according to the National Cancer Institute, research has led many to believe there are certain risk factors that may attribute to developing breast cancer.

Some risk factors include: family history, personal history, and race. Family history of breast cancer raises the risk of women in the same family developing the disease. It has been noted that if there is a family history of breast cancer with the woman obtaining the cancer before the age of 40, the woman's family members are susceptible at a younger age.

When women already have had a previous case of breast cancer, it is very likely the cancer will reoccur in the other breast. This is evident in Maha's experience. The cancer only appeared in one breast and was promptly removed, however, the cancer reappeared in her other breast. To reduce the risk of breast cancer reforming, many women opt to have a mastectomy or a double mastectomy.

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