On October 27, 2008, as I was showering, I found a lump in my left breast. I called and made an appointment to have my yearly mammogram done early. On November 5, I was told I had breast cancer. I was scared to death. In 2005, my sister, Debby, had …
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I was 33 years old, and just newly married. My husband told me one day that I had a lump in my breast. The doctor told me it was a period-related cyst. End of story? No! Two years later, I was pregnant with my son, and I was diagnosed with …
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I have been a single mom for thirty years. The dad would show up in the picture from time to time. My younger year’s started out as a struggle anyway. When I was 37 my mother passed away from Ovarian Cancer, she was only 60. It was only then that …
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I went for a routine mammogram in February of 2012. They said there was something ‘different’ and I needed to come back for another mammogram under magnification. Well, I was diagnosed with breast cancer on March 13, 2012. After two lumpectomies and radiation treatment, which I just finished on 10/8/2012, …
Read More »I found a small lump, the size of a pencil eraser, on my left breast. I took my time getting to the doctor because I’m only 27. I pointed it out to my OB/GYN during my annual exam. She pointed out a much larger, deeper lump. The next day I …
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I have been blessed so far in my life to be cancer free, but one person especially close to me has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Cookie, my son’s father’s older sister, adopted my son. I was 9 months pregnant, 2 weeks away from delivery. I was alone and I …
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Never at age 29 did I think I’d be battling a woman’s worst nightmare. April 4th, right before my 30th birthday, I was diagnosed with breast cancer stage 2. I have two young boys; soon to be 12 & 10. I not once stopped to think about me; I fight …
Read More »Sometimes being strong is facing the one thing you fear the most. I am 25 years old and was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer. Fortunately, this past July 2012, I beat it. After my lumpectomy I tried to bury my thoughts, feelings and the fact that I actually had …
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I am a mother, wife, grandmother and a breast cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in September of 2011. I had a bilateral mastectomy with recon. I have one more surgery in October, and then my reconstruction will be complete. I am a cancer free patient of Memorial Sloan Kettering …
Read More »Here I am at 38; a widow, a mother of 2 teenagers, and I just got hit with the news that I have breast cancer…and it’s stage 4!!! All I could think was ‘What are my kids going to do without me? They lost their father, they can’t lose me …
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