You’re in your mid-thirties. You have two children, a second-grader and a pre-schooler.  You and your husband have a home in the town you both grew up in, you have a career teaching in an elementary school.  Life is good.

   For Tina Pugliese of Mechanicville, that good life scenario hit a massive speed bump on October 1, 2009 when she got the crushing news everyone dreads.  She had cancer.

   “I thought, oh my God, my kids are babies!” Tina said.

Article in the 09-03 issue.