On June 28th, 2011, at the age of 37, I found a mass in my right breast. My initial thought was not again, not another health issue. I had already faced numerous health issues that year which included a colon resection just a few weeks before. It was an emergency …
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My story could be called, “What Else Ya Got?” Even before I was diagnosed with breast cancer I was also fighting fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, scoliosis, nerve damage, degenerative disc disorder, and diabetes. One night in the middle of March 2010, I was sitting at my computer when a pain hit me, …
Read More »This is my second bought with breast cancer. Seven years ago in February I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. I went through chemo, a double mastectomy, and radiation. I wouldn’t want to change having cancer at all because it taught me so much having it. It brought me …
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At 35 my doctor felt strongly that women living on Long Island were at an increased risk for breast cancer, so I had my baseline mammogram that year. I had the next in 2008 and then again 2009. I was told to come back for a follow up six months …
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I am a stay at home mom with four sons. At the age of 38 I went in for a yearly PAP. I had started having mammograms at the age of 35 since my mom also had breast cancer. I missed a year, so my gynecologist set me up for …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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