She wouldn't ask for it, but cancer was 'one of the best things' that happened to her
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"I woke up to this face that had red splotches and dry patches," said Merilyn Konnerth, diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010. She created homemade skin care for patients after realizing she needed such products herself. Credit: Newsday / Tulika Bose