Survivor Stories & Information

My mother, Margaret, went through a complete mastectomy today. She is 78 years old and was diagnosed with two different types of breast cancer on March 8, 2013. Her lymph nodes were tested today during her surgery, and the doctor told me that the cancer had not spread into her …

I am a 52 year old Christian wife, mother, sister and grandmother, who has been very blessed with a loving, caring husband, and so many loving and compassionate family and friends. My journey began with my annual mammogram screening at Raleigh Radiology in August 2012. Within three days, I was …

We had just buried our three year old baby girl, Lauren, who died after complications of heart surgery. Precious Lauren had Downs Syndrome. My heart was broken. Just one year after her death, soon after Mother’s Day in 1990, I was five and a half months pregnant, and I found …

I am a two time breast cancer survivor. I was diagnosed at 30 with stage 3 advanced breast cancer. I had six months of chemotherapy, a lumpectomy, and six weeks of radiation. I was diagnosed at 41 with stage 1 breast cancer. I had a double mastectomy and five weeks …

On May 4, 2012, a little over a year ago, at the young age of 23, I was diagnosed with stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma, a very aggressive breast cancer. Also, I had cancer in my lymph nodes, eight of eight were positive. Cancer has forever changed my life. I’ve had …

I was first diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in 2006. We beat it with prayers, a lumpectomy, 15 weeks of chemotherapy, and 5 weeks of radiation therapy. Unfortunately, in February 2012 there was a recurrence, and I have been battling stage 4 metastatic breast cancer with a tumor near …

I know God will not give us more than we can handle. I also know I am at my brim. At age 32, I was in a wheelchair due to a congenital back problem. I had to have major back surgery in order to be able to even try and walk …

Thursday May 23rd, 2013, will be one year ago that I was diagnosed with stage two (2) lobular breast cancer. I felt like the breath was knocked out of me when I found out. My two biggest worries were telling my son and telling my 82 year old mom. We …

Hi my name is Mary. I was 26 when I was first diagnosed with breast cancer! When I first discovered the lump I researched breast cancer on the internet. I didn’t think it was cancer because I did not have any of the symptoms, and I thought I was too …

June 14, 2012, was the day my world was forever changed! It was the day that I was diagnosed with not one, but two different types of breast cancer. A month earlier I had felt a lump in my left breast, and made an appointment with my OB/GYN. At my …