"When I got the results I couldn't hear anything, I couldn't see anything, I couldn't breathe, so that is where we started," Andrews said.

The diagnosis devastated the Powhatan nurse.

The very next month she had both breasts removed and expanders placed for later reconstruction.

"Cancer free, hallelujah," Andrews said about her current condition.

But she wanted her breasts to look "normal" again to regain confidence.

"Okay. Cancer is gone, I am healing, but it's not a normal person's body, and you want to be normal," she said.

So, on August 22, 2023, at a doctor's recommendation, Andrews went to the Richmond Breast Center.

That's where she met breast surgeon Sasa Grae Espino.

"Dr. Espino said, 'I'm just going to move some tissue from under your arm over here' and I'm like 'OK,'" An

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