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Lt. Tracy Post fought for the change after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Firefighter with breast cancer succeeds at getting state coverage for treatment
While undergoing chemo, Lt. Tracy Post found out her breast cancer treatment wasn’t covered by the Colorado Firefighter Heart and Cancer Benefits Trust, so changed it - for herself and others.Courtesy Tracy Post
Tracy Post, a lieutenant in the Westminster, Colorado, fire department, was diagnosed with stage 2 invasive ductal carcinoma in November 2019.
Post, 45, who has worked for the fire department since 2013, had to undergo a double mastectomy and four rounds of chemotherapy to treat her cancer, followed by breast reconstruction.
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