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An Israeli woman is crediting \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcGrey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Anatomy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 with saving her life after an episode of the medical drama prompted her to seek a second opinion about a lump in her breast. <\/p>\n
Two years ago, Sarit Fishbaine visited a breast specialist to get a check-up. The doctor told her that she had \u00e2\u20ac\u0153lumpy breasts,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d but assured her that she \u00e2\u20ac\u0153had nothing to worry about.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I was 34 years old, healthy and nursing my third child \u00e2\u20ac\u201d any lumpiness, [the doctor] said, was probably due to milk collecting in one area of the breast and the issue would likely subside once I stopped nursing,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Fishbaine told Yahoo! News. <\/p>\n
Six months later, however, after she had stopped breastfeeding, a lump in Fishbaine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s left breast did not go away. She initially dismissed it as nothing, but warning bells sounded after she caught an episode of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Grey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Anatomy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In the episode, a young mom arrives at Seattle Grace Hospital for a mastectomy after her breast cancer had been mistaken for milk collecting in her breast. I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t fall asleep that night \u00e2\u20ac\u201d it felt like a huge warning sign,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she told Yahoo! <\/p>\n
The very next day, Fishbaine made an appointment to see another breast specialist.<\/p>\n
This time, the doctor sent her for an \u00e2\u20ac\u0153urgent mammogram and biopsy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d It was soon discovered that Fishbaine had Stage 3 breast cancer, which had spread to her lymph nodes.<\/p>\n
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I started six months of chemo right away and after that I had surgery, I had a mastectomy and then I had radiation therapy so I got the full package,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Fishbaine told NBC News. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I love \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcGrey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Anatomy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and I love watching TV and I think God works in mysterious ways and that watching that TV show was probably my sign.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Fishbaine, who lives in Kvutzat Yavne, a religious kibbutz in Israel, is now cancer-free. She says she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s getting reconstructive surgery and working to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153rebuild\u00e2\u20ac\u009d her life. <\/p>\n
On May 16, Shonda Rhimes, the director, producer and screenwriter of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Grey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Anatomy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d shared Fishbaine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story on Facebook. <\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Humbling,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Rhimes wrote. <\/p>\n
\nHumbling\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
Posted by Shonda Rhimes on Friday, May 15, 2015<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Fishbaine isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the first in her family to have a story go viral. As The Times of Israel points out, Fishbaine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dad \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Sydney Engelberg, a professor who teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem \u00e2\u20ac\u201d won the hearts of netizens earlier this month after a photograph surfaced of him holding a baby during a lecture.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dad, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re the best!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Fishbaine wrote on her Facebook page at the time, per a Times translation.<\/p>\n
\n????? \u00e2\u20ac\u201c ?????????? ????? ????????.????? \u00e2\u20ac\u201c ??????? ???????.????? \u00e2\u20ac\u201c ?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d? ????? ???????. ????? \u00e2\u20ac\u201c ??? ?????? ?? ??? ??????\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
Posted by Sarit Fishbaine on Sunday, May 10, 2015<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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