Effort Begins To Help Frankfort Woman With Breast Cancer

FRANKFORT, IL -- A Frankfort woman who survived cancer once is in the difficult position of having to do it again.

Billie Wallace was diagnosed with Leukemia when she was seven years old in 1990 and, after a number of setbacks, was able to survive because her twin sister, Bobbie had matching bone marrow.

But this year, Billie was diagnosed with Stage 2 Breast Cancer on May 1.

"I will be starting chemotherapy in mid June to reduce the size of the tumors then surgery after that (depending on my prognosis)," Billie wrote on the GoFundMe page titled "Save Billie's Boobies."

"Not only do I need the help from my sister and the rest of my family, I need help from my extended family, my work family, my friends, and anyone who can find in their hearts to help me fight cancer for the second time around."

As of Wednesday night, the fundraising effort has brought in $4,135 out of a $30,000 goal.

"I beat cancer, and now 26 years later I have to do it all over again," she wrote, describing the close relationship she and her sister have shared during the time since her first diagnosis more than a quarter-century ago.

"Once I was done with chemo, my hair started to grow back. My sister even cut her hair to match mine so we could look like twins again

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