Survivor Stories & Information

On June 29, 2020, I went in for my annual mammogram. I wasn’t thinking about it much, as my mind was consumed with getting ready for our annual 4th of July camping trip. However, during the exam the technician became a little concerned about what she was seeing. A doctor …

I am a 50 year old young woman who was diagnosed with this ugly disease approximately two years ago. This July 2nd will be the two year anniversary of my very first chemo treatment. I vividly remember the oncologist appointment, my husband and I were both very nervous as we …

I am a 20 year breast cancer survivor. I received a lay off from work in 2001, and decided to get my mammogram since it had been 2 years and I was losing my insurance coverage. That mammogram and the Good Lord saved my life because the lump was so …

I was diagnosed in June of 2019 with bilateral stage 2 breast cancer. I had two different types of cancer. My treatment included 16 rounds of chemotherapy, a partial mastectomy, and six weeks of radiation. I survived. I worked every day I could, and did my best of have a …

In January of 2020, I went to the doctor, for him to diagnose me with shingles. While I was there, I mentioned a lump I felt in my breast and arm pit and how painful they were. He said it was probably from the shingles. He scheduled me for a …

At 28 years old, I found a lump on my breast. It was a week after we celebrated my son’s birthday. I wasn’t even thinking that it could be cancer, but still, I decided to have it checked out. My doctor did a biopsy, then called me into his office …

I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer a month ago. I noticed that my breast was hard. So, I went in for a mammogram, ultrasound, and biopsy and that’s when I received my diagnosis. My double mastectomy is scheduled to be done soon. Thankfully, the genetic testing came back …

The golf ball sized lump in my left breast appeared seemingly overnight. My PCP had done a breast exam at a checkup a few months prior. It was not there then, or at least we couldn’t feel it. I told myself, it appeared so fast, it had to be a …

Breast cancer has been a part of my life since I was 12 years old. My mother was diagnosed when she was 42 years old. Roughly 10 years later, it came back metastatic and she passed away in 2000, at the age of 56. Ever since, I knew it was …

I have battled breast cancer multiple times. I had it in 1985, 1997, and 2015. It has been a long journey, but by the grace of God and with support from friends I met on a cancer website, I am here to watch my kids and grandson grow up ❤. …