My name is Cheri, and I am 38 yrs old. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in July of 2012. My amazing family donated blood to UBC approximately 16 years ago to conduct research which led to the discovery of the BRCA 1 and 2 gene. I was notified that …

I found out that I had endometriosis when I was 23 years old. I am now 28, so I have been fighting it for five years. There are days that I just want to crawl into bed and cry. Sometimes the pain is so bad that I can barely walk. …

I was diagnosed with breast cancer on January 4, 2013.  My husband and I found a lump in 2013. But because I didn’t have insurance I had to keep a close watch on the lump.  In December, I was able to get on insurance and have the lump checked.  After …

I guess you can say that I have always been a fighter. My periods started at 13 and were pretty normal up until I was about 15 years old.  At 15 I was raped by someone I thought I could trust, but I guess I was naive. Not long after …

I had just turned 24 when I first noticed a lump. I was six months pregnant with my third daughter. I dismissed it as a swollen gland and so did my doctor. When I went into labor my husband told the on call doctor about my lump. The next day …

My name is Brenda Brown. I am a 45 year old single mom of three, living in Abbotsford, BC Canada. I’ve been blogging about my story for almost a year now. I have chronic kidney disease with rapid decline that started in the spring of 2012. I went from 28% …

I was just about to turn 17 when I was diagnosed with an autoimmune digestive disease called ulcerative colitis. It and Crohn’s disease are collectively called Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD. Essentially, my immune system mistakenly thinks there are foreign bodies in my intestines.  It attacks my intestines and creates …

In March 2010, my OBGYN office found a small lump on my left breast. She asked me to feel it, watch it, and not to worry because I was too young, with no family history. After waiting a few months, my husband finally convinced me to call the doctor. He …

I am a mom, a wife, and I Fight Like a Girl! I was born with a congenital birth defect and spina bifida in 1962. The doctors told my mom to give me up and have another child. Fortunately, my mom would have nothing to do with that! I finally …

In March 2012, I went for my routine mammogram followed by a sonogram. To my surprise I was told that there “MAYBE” something of concern. “MAY,” are you kidding! I immediately took my films to another radiology center. The radiologist said that I needed to have a biopsy. The very …