Hampton County Breast Cancer Spotlight

Introducing our 2023 Breast Cancer Awareness Month Ambassadors. These are local women live and work in Hampton County, bravely sharing their stories with the hope that they will inspire others to action. Together we can detect, treat, and defeat this disease that affects one in every eight women. Don’t let your mother, sister, aunt or friend be come part of this statistic. Please share these stories and help spread the message that early detection greatly improves outcomes. Schedule your mammogram today at Hampton Regional Medical Center, or bring a friend to our Luau for Ladies on October 24 from 5 pm to 8 pm

Sharon Gibson, 50

In June of 2022, I went in for my annual mammogram at Hampton Regional Medical Center. There was an abnormal area that required an ultrasound, as well as a biopsy. I was diagnosed with Metaplastic Carcinoma at age 49. To say I was shocked would be an understatement, but my faith in God helped me keep a positive attitude. I knew my future was in God’s hands and all I could do was thank Him for giving me peace. I received chemotherapy and immunotherapy from August to December at Charleston Oncology. In February of 2023, I underwent a mastectomy. The pathology report came back negative, indicating no trace of cancer. I am extremely blessed and thankful for God’s healing upon my life. I believe mammograms are very important to early detection of cancer! I am living proof that Mammograms do save lives!