Our country might be in a current state of turmoil, but that just means we need all the positive inspiration we can get. Look no further than Ericka Hart's mastectomy story: A tale of survival after being diagnosed with bi-lateral breast cancer. So grab your tissues and gather 'round, because this one's a tearjerker.

Hart, who lost her mother to breast cancer early in her life, discovered a lump in her own breast when she was 28 years old. "I told my wife at the time that I found a lump, and she's like, 'Well you must go to the doctor,'" she says. "A week or so later, he called me—I was standing on Wall Street, about to walk into a Sephora, naturally—and I took the call in front of Sephora and had to carry myself out of there to the benches because I was so terrified."

After being diagnosed with bi-lateral breast cancer, she underwent two years of treatment, which included a double mastectomy and chemotherapy. "I was more concerned with my hair when I was diagnosed than having a double mastectomy," she says. To celebrate her breasts, the day before her surgery, Hart hosted a "boob party" on the beach and underwent a dramatic transformation, cutting off her hair and dying it pink. "When I walked into surgery, my breast cancer surgeon was like, 'So, you're ready.'"

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And as scary as surgery sounded, Hart was ready—and has learned to adapt to a life looking a little different. "Because my scars run across the breasts, I just reclaimed these scars as my nipples," she says. For Hart's inspiring story, tune in to the full video above.

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