Cause: Breast Cancer

At 12 years old, my life forever changed when I received the devastating news that my best friend, my mom, was diagnosed with breast cancer. My entire world collapsed, but I wanted to be strong for my mom and was by her side throughout the entire journey. I witnessed her …

I’m a 42 year old woman, and on May 3, 2022, I found out a lump in my breast was cancer. I was diagnosed with stage 2 triple negative breast cancer, which is rare. Currently, I’m still fighting, but the tumor has shrunk so small it’s almost gone; I praise …

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2010. I had a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. On May 9, 2011, I was certified cancer free. On February 22,2022, I was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. I went through a 6 hour surgery on March 17th to remove all the …

I had a lump in my breast in 2013. It got bigger and started hurting. I had no insurance because I could not afford it at my job. I could not handle it anymore, so I told my mom. She told me to sign up for women’s Medicaid so I …

I am a 3rd generation breast cancer survivor. My maternal grandmother, maternal aunt, and my mother all survived breast cancer before me. My yearly mammogram found something in my left breast in 2016. I couldn’t feel it, neither could my doctor. A biopsy was performed and sure enough, it was …

July 31,2021 is a day I will never forget. I was going in to the breast center for a follow up to my routine mammogram. I had many other summer plans that afternoon. Within 30 minutes, my whole world changed. I had 3 biopsies that same morning. Within a week, …

The year was 2010, I just started a new career path, my son was graduating from UW LaCrosse and my daughter was finishing her first year at UW Stevens Point. My niece was engaged and set to get married in October. I can’t express how excited our family was. So …

In April 2018, I was diagnosed with HER2+ breast cancer, after having a mammogram because of a nipple discharge. Affecting about 1 of 5 breast cancer patients, HER2+ breast cancer is when breast cancer cells test positive for a protein receptor called HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2). Excessive …

In 2019, I was in my fifth year and about to be see my breast consultant for the last time when something was spotted on my yearly mammogram. The cancer was back and it moved from the breast to my womb, cervix and ovaries. All of which was removed, but …

On August 31, 2020, just 4 months after marrying the love of my life I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had gone in for my first ever mammogram in July and opted for the 3D mammogram due to family history. My paternal grandmother died from breast cancer almost 29 …