Cyndy Haug considers herself a very lucky woman.

Married less than a year when her breast cancer was diagnosed, she has bravely battled her disease for eight years. Although she’s had several operations and five rounds of chemotherapy, Cyndy lives her life with a spirit of optimism that inspires everyone who knows her.

Now, thanks to her treatment team at the MemorialCare Breast Center at Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, she is the first woman in California to pioneer a promising new method of treating her cancer.

Cyndy has already won, because her MemorialCare team has given her a most precious gift— the gift of time. Time to dance with her beautiful three-year-old daughter, who becomes more like her mom each day. Time to enjoy watching her 15-year-old stepson grow up. Time to experience the joys of true love with her husband. Even time to deliver a personal message of hope to other women with breast cancer.

Cyndy is one of the thousands of Californians whose lives have been changed through leading-edge medical techniques and time-honored compassion of exceptional doctors and staff members of MemorialCare Medical Centers. Wherever you live or work in Orange County, there’s a MemorialCare Medical Center nearby delivering extraordinary care to you and your family.