Kris Hallenga, who advocated early detection of breast cancer, dies at 38
After receiving the diagnosis at the age of 23, she became determined to educate other young people about early detection.
When Kris Hallenga was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer at age 23, questions swirled through his head: "Why didn't anyone tell me to check my breasts?" Why didn't I know I could get breast cancer at 23? »
If she hadn't known that she could get breast cancer so young, there was a very good chance. It's very likely that others will be also misinformed, she said in a 2021 interview with the Guardian. She spent the next 15 years educating young people about early detection through her nonprofit, CoppaFeel, and in her 2021 memoir, “Glittering a Turd.”
On Monday, a CoppaFeel spokesperson said Ms. Hallenga died of breast cancer at her home in Cornwall, England. She was 38.
“Survival was never enough,” she said during a publicity tour in 2021. “I don’t want only survive; I want to be able to really look at my life and say to myself, "I'm happy that I'm still here and I'm getting the most out of what I want out of life." »
Kristen Hallenga was born on November 11, 1985 in Norden, a small town in northern Germany, to a German father and an English mother, all two teachers. At the age of 9, she moved to Daventry, central England, with her mother, Jane Hallenga; his twin sister, Maren; and their older sister Maike, all three of whom survive him. Her father, Reiner Hallenga, died of a heart attack when she was 20.
Mrs. Hallenga first felt a lump in 2009, while she was working in Beijing for a travel agency and teaching on the side. During a visit to her home in the Midlands, Ms Hallenga went to her internist, who attributed the lump to hormonal changes associated with her birth control pill, she told the Guardian.
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After receiving the diagnosis at the age of 23, she became determined to educate other young people about early detection.
When Kris Hallenga was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer at age 23, questions swirled through his head: "Why didn't anyone tell me to check my breasts?" Why didn't I know I could get breast cancer at 23? »
If she hadn't known that she could get breast cancer so young, there was a very good chance. It's very likely that others will be also misinformed, she said in a 2021 interview with the Guardian. She spent the next 15 years educating young people about early detection through her nonprofit, CoppaFeel, and in her 2021 memoir, “Glittering a Turd.”
On Monday, a CoppaFeel spokesperson said Ms. Hallenga died of breast cancer at her home in Cornwall, England. She was 38.
“Survival was never enough,” she said during a publicity tour in 2021. “I don’t want only survive; I want to be able to really look at my life and say to myself, "I'm happy that I'm still here and I'm getting the most out of what I want out of life." »
Kristen Hallenga was born on November 11, 1985 in Norden, a small town in northern Germany, to a German father and an English mother, all two teachers. At the age of 9, she moved to Daventry, central England, with her mother, Jane Hallenga; his twin sister, Maren; and their older sister Maike, all three of whom survive him. Her father, Reiner Hallenga, died of a heart attack when she was 20.
Mrs. Hallenga first felt a lump in 2009, while she was working in Beijing for a travel agency and teaching on the side. During a visit to her home in the Midlands, Ms Hallenga went to her internist, who attributed the lump to hormonal changes associated with her birth control pill, she told the Guardian.
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