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He sat down and he got very serious and he said I'm sorry to tell you this, but it's cancer

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TSgt Callen had been diagnosed as a stage three cancer patient with two types of cancer

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Her military goals had to take a back seat as she fought for her life, but that doesn't mean she didn't use her experience as an Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist to fight and win

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EOD school is one of the hardest schools the Department of Defense has, but a lot of EOD school is just getting to the next day

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and sometimes with the cancer and with doctors and all that, thats when it felt like, just if I make it till tomorrow I'll be good, just make it till tomorrow

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Her make it through each day mentality has lasted seven years now.

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Two years fighting the cancer and five years being cancer free.  Slowly TSgt Callen was able to once again focus on her military goals.

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It took a few years to get to that stage where I could deploy again I could go do the job that the military pays me to do

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The cancer no longer defines her life, but she knows she will always carry the effects

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It still is a large part of my life, I still have to deal with the side effects of it everyday, so.........one more day

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SFC James Tapin, Kunsan Air Base, Korea