Two weeks before her 23rd birthday, Roshni Kamta was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. Her oncologist told her that freezing her eggs would give her the best chance at a future pregnancy. But she would need to do it immediately, before starting her cancer treatment. And now, in the throes of coping with a distressing diagnosis, she also had to decide whether to undergo an expensive, demanding fertility procedure. Within just 48 hours, she started the regimen of fertility shots to prepare her to harvest her eggs.

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Persons: Roshni Kamta, oncologist, Kamta Locations: New York