Survivor Stories & Information

On June 20, 2013, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 HER2+ Breast Cancer. On July 15, I started 16 rounds of chemotherapy. I had four rounds of dense chemo, and then I had another 12 rounds of Taxol. The week of Thanksgiving was my last chemo. Four days after my …

In 2015, I found a lump. I had the right side of my breast removed and then had chemo on Tuesday. My mammogram came back fine. I went to the doctor, who found more of the lump. I am now waiting to get it removed, and then we will take …

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My name is Vicki Oliva. I am 57-years-old and an 11-year survivor of breast cancer. Thankfully, due to regular mammograms, it was caught early, and I was able to have a lumpectomy and 7 weeks of radiation, plus 5 years on tamoxifen. Early detection is key for any cancer. Last …

I was called while Christmas shopping in December 2015 and told that I had cancer. In some ways I knew it long before I heard the words. I went into automatic denial. It took me 3 months to accept it and then to find a surgeon I could trust. We …

Hi! My name is Julie, and I’m currently 54-years-old. I was married for 33 years, and I was divorced in Oct. 2015. I found out a few months later he had been cheating. A few months after that in April 2016, I was diagnosed with stage 3 IDC. I did …

“And when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” Stage II A multifocal, multi-centric left breast CA ER/PR+/HER2-Procedure: 2 Lumpectomies, 4 rounds of chemotherapy, bilateral mastectomy and tissue expander to silicone implant reconstruction. My sister had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, so I was …

At 27, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, BRCA gene, HER2-positive, Stage 2. So I went through 8 rounds of aggressive chemotherapy and 35 rounds of radiation, a double radical mastectomy, 2 reconstruction surgeries, and a total hysterectomy in a year and a half’s time. Every doctor assured me it …

My annual November mammo showed nothing. In December, we moved halfway across the U.S., away from our kids and our families, for employment. In February, while unpacking, I hit myself with a box and later felt a lump. Thinking it was a blood clot, I had it checked out. Again, …

Close call–that is what I like to call it. My brush with breast cancer all started with a mammogram. It was 2014, and I had been living with type 1 diabetes for 5 years. I knew I needed to take charge of my health after both of my parents died from …