First, I want to state that when the photographer, my friend Genevieve, showed me the photo to the right, I cried. Hard. The symbolism of the blurred chest was profound. The picture as a breast cancer survivor speaks volumes and I know my warrior sisters will agree. I am a …
Read More »Nikki’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I was diagnosed in February 2009 with invasive ductal carcinoma (breast cancer). In March 2009, I had a bilateral mastectomy. I am now almost a three year survivor!!!! Cancer touched my breast, so I kicked its butt!! Now my sister Patti is going through chemo for colon cancer. Also, my …
Read More »Samantha’s Grandmother’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I do not have breast cancer, but my grandma did in 2007. My grandma got a phone call while she was at work saying she had breast cancer. She dropped the phone and burst into tears, and I held her tight. They had to take the breast off. Then in …
Read More »Mary Ann’s Mom’s Story (Breast Cancer)
My mother became pregnant with me at 24 years old, after years of trying to get pregnant and being told she would never get pregnant due to endometriosis. Unfortunately, she was also diagnosed with breast cancer at 24 years old. She had a mastectomy that saved her life, but she …
Read More »Quita’s Story (Breast Cancer)
Hello. First, I want to share my deepest gratitude to those who are fighting. I send love to all of you. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011 after I had two needle biopsies. When my doctor said I had a “little bit” of cancer I was stunned! “A …
Read More »Cindy’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I was diagnosed with breast cancer one year ago today. It was such a shock. I kept thinking that this couldn’t happen to me. Breast cancer doesn’t run in my family, so I guess that’s why the BRCA genes came back negative, thank God. It was at stage IIIB when …
Read More »Mary’s Story (Breast Cancer)
Well my story begins like so many others. I was in the shower and found a marble size lump in my left breast. At first I thought, “there is no way, this can’t happen to me.” I made an appointment to have a mammogram (but of course I did not …
Read More »Debrah’s Story (Breast Cancer)
In 2005 , I found a lump which I thought felt like a “fatty tissue thingy, like something from my dogs.” It was found on my sternum, not where I imagined to find a lump. I always looked for those “hard pea shaped things” in my breast. What the doctors …
Read More »Shelia’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I went to the doctor because I was bleeding from my nipple. I went to doctor after doctor, they all told me it was normal in some women. When it came time for the mammogram I told the women preforming the test that my breast hurt. When she was doing …
Read More »Christal’s Story (Breast Cancer)
On March 14, I had got the phone call telling me that my biopsy came back cancer. I was devastated. I had breast cancer. I was scared out of my mind. All I could do was think of what was going to happen to me and my little man. I …
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