Cause: Breast Cancer

I was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. After a double mastectomy and many trips for chemotherapy, I was in remission for two years. Five years and five months later, the cancer came back behind my sternum. Radiation and chemo! Two years later, at my yearly scan, I am …

In 1991 at age 34, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, six months after my mom. She had a mastectomy, but no chemotherapy. Me: mastectomy, chemo, surgery. I survived, for 25 years. My mom passed on April 3, 2016. I had been going to doctors because I was not feeling …

One of the last things you may think about when diagnosed with breast cancer is the health of your bones. You probably already know the importance of keeping your bones healthy throughout your life, but it becomes especially important after a breast cancer diagnosis. Why? Certain treatments, such as chemotherapy, can …

I was diagnosed at age 42: triple negative breast cancer. I had a double mastectomy and four rounds of chemotherapy. Then 2011, I had reconstruction and a hysterectomy in a 10-hour surgery Nipple reconstruction failed four times and I even got MRSA. I gave up on nipple reconstruction or tattooing. Just …

Back in 2001, my mom was going for her first annual mammogram and was a little nervous. Her aunt had passed away from the disease a few years earlier. I was 34 years old and had insurance, so my husband said I should go with her; like the buddy system. …

My name is Doris and I am 32 years old.  I am the mother of three boys and a wife to the most wonderful husband ever. My story started back in early 2017 when I felt a lump in my left breast while I was removing my bra. Truly speaking, …

My name is Anna and I am 63 years old. My father passed away from black lung disease and my mother passed away from colon cancer.  If I was going to get cancer it would have been one of those, I thought. I had not had a mammogram in two …

At the age of 42, I went in for my routine mammogram in December thinking all was well and went on with life. On New Year’s Eve, I was getting ready to go to a party and was upset as it was raining and thought, “Damn it– I just did …

It began in August of 2013. My faithful pup kept coming and pushing on my right breast, night after night, until one night I got mad, pushed her aside, looked at my husband and said, “Am I dying and I don’t know it!?” Yes, I was, and she had pinpointed …

Hi, I’m Monica, and this is my story. I found a pea-sized lump under my left arm when I was 34 years old. I had no family history of cancer and had never had any health problems. When I found the lump, I went in for a mammogram. They saw …