I was diagnosed with stage three melanoma in my twenties and spent twenty plus years chasing it around my body. After fifteen years of melanoma-free life, I was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. Over the last year, I have had three courses of chemo, a bilateral mastectomy and radiation. I …
Read More »Michelle’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Breast Cancer)
I was diagnosed in June 2012. In July 2012, I decided to have a bilateral mascetomy. I had stage one cancer. When the test results came back after surgery, they showed the cancer was forming in the left breast. If I had just removed the right side, I would have …
Read More »Cindy’s Story (Breast Cancer)
May 26th, 2015, I received my routine mammogram results with the diagnosis of DCIS. After the biopsy, I was told that if I had to have breast cancer, that’s the one to have. Due to my extensive family history of breast cancer; my mom died of age 36, my sister …
Read More »Lori’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Breast Cancer)
On June 20, 2013, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 HER2+ Breast Cancer. On July 15, I started 16 rounds of chemotherapy. I had four rounds of dense chemo, and then I had another 12 rounds of Taxol. The week of Thanksgiving was my last chemo. Four days after my …
Read More »Julie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Breast Cancer)
Hi! My name is Julie, and I’m currently 54-years-old. I was married for 33 years, and I was divorced in Oct. 2015. I found out a few months later he had been cheating. A few months after that in April 2016, I was diagnosed with stage 3 IDC. I did …
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