I am 38 years old and was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer on February 19, 2013. I have been getting chemo since March. I just finish 12 weeks of chemo and will be getting chemo now every three weeks for a year and will start receiving radiation soon. I …
Read More »Terri’s Story (Breast Cancer)
Hi my name is Terri, I am 43 years old, and on April 10, 2013, I got the shock of my life. I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Since my grandmother had it I tried to be vigilant with self exams. In years past I had a cyst and fine …
Read More »Mikole’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I am 42 years old and I have had my struggles through life just as everyone else has. After going through the struggles of being empty-nesters, my husband Darren and I were coming into the next phase of life and really enjoying ourselves. We had placed ourselves in a comfortable …
Read More »Jill’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I was diagnosed with stage IIB breast cancer in November 2009, it was discovered during my routine annual mammogram. The tumor that showed up on the mammogram was a secondary tumor in one of my sentinel lymph nodes, which is where cancer begins to spread. The primary tumor was buried …
Read More »Lynn’s Story (Breast Cancer)
My name is Lynn Nichols and I was diagnosed with breast cancer back in January of this year. They found two tumors on my right breast. After a MRI they found something suspicious on my left breast, I told them to take both breast. My right breast had stage 2 …
Read More »Becky’s Story (Breast Cancer)
My life was going great, I had just been promoted to Sergeant on the Phoenix Police Dept. I was assigned the midnight shift. One morning as I was going to bed, I noticed that my left nipple was leaking. I knew that couldn’t be normal so I waited until the …
Read More »Sylvia’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I was 34 in December of 2011 when I got my diagnosis of stage III invasive lobular carcinoma. I had an 18 month old baby at home and my world came crashing down into pieces as I sat crying on the phone with my doctor who broke the news to …
Read More »Lisa’s Story (Breast Cancer)
Hi my name is Lisa. I turned 50 years old on May 9, 2013. On my daughter’s graduation day I was told the words that you never want to hear, “You have breast cancer and it has spread into your lymph nodes.” Two weeks later I went through a double mastectomy and …
Read More »Melissa’s Story (Breast Cancer)
My name is Melissa Meister and I am a proud cancer survivor. I was 20 years old and just a few weeks away from my wedding when I found a lump in my left breast. Since I always considered myself a very healthy person with no family history of breast …
Read More »Graceann’s Story (Breast Cancer)
At the age of 44 I had my first mammogram. The doctor called to say that I had to come back, so I waited until after Christmas and went alone. After the mammogram they did an ultrasound, then they placed a clip inside at a site that looked suspicious, I …
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