‘Real Housewives of New York’ Newbie, Stage 4 Breast Cancer Survivor Bershan Shaw’s Driving Motivation: ‘Being Told I Had Three Months to Live’

Published Apr 22, 2021

‘Real Housewives of New York’ Newbie, Stage 4 Breast Cancer Survivor Bershan Shaw’s Driving Motivation: ‘Being Told I Had Three Months to Live’

"I believe you are what you think and you are what you believe. Cancer was my diagnosis, not my prognosis," Shaw says.

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