Lewes resident Annie Betancourt says she was so sick when she was being treated for breast cancer that she had to be wheeled into the Cancer Center.

“I tried to be upbeat out of desperation,” she says, recalling the variety of wigs and hats she wore. Recently, she looked back at 2004 when she was diagnosed. “Thank God I’m doing better now.”

Watching her grandchildren grow up and being there for other people are both important for Annie. Even though her twin grandchildren live in Texas, she and her husband, Fred, still get to see them on the home video cam.

She enjoys her job as a manicurist/pedicurist at Spa by the Sea in Rehoboth Beach because, she says, “I love being with people, and pedicures are my favorite because people enjoy them so much.”

Annie, who remembers the wonderful support she received at Tunnell Cancer Center, volunteers to help others. “When people don’t think they will see tomorrow, I want them to know that I was there, and now I am here today.”

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