BATON ROUGE- In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, WBRZ is sharing stories of survival, including that of Alfredia Turner, a dedicated healthcare professional at Baton Rouge General . For over 20 years, Alfredia has helped patients navigate their care plans. In 2019, she had to reverse roles and become the patient herself after a shocking breast cancer diagnosis.

Turner was diligent about her health, including performing monthly breast self-exams on the 25th of every month. She had even had a mammogram less than a year prior. Yet, in April 2019, she felt something new.

"Actually, I was taking my bra off and when I turned it around there was a knot," she recalled. "And so I was like what is that?"

The news was devastating. It was stage 4 triple negative breast cancer, one of the m

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