5 for Good: Somerville mother runs Breast Cancer Goddess support group [Video]

Vera Ventura is deliberate about what she puts in her body.”Fruits and vegetables, organic fruits and vegetables,” she said.The Somerville wife and mother of two said she battled bulimia from a young age. The slogan ‘one day at a time’ is one she’s lived by since joining a recovery program.”I joined that at 24 and let go of all processed flour and sugar, alcohol and any mood-altering drugs,” Ventura said. “I had been doing that for 16 years when I was diagnosed.”She was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 39.She learned a genetic mutation put her at an elevated risk for cancer. Since that initial diagnosis, she has survived a brain tumor and brain cancer. She now has thyroid cancer.She credits an open approach to treatment for her repeat recoveries.”I take all the things, alternative, holistic, western, and I just do it all,” Ventura said. “Clearly, something good …