Survivor Stories & Information

Hello. I kept getting this pain in my left arm for around three years. I went to the doctor many times and was told it was due to lifting at work. Then in November of 2010, I was reaching up and got a sudden pain. I put my hand on …

My name is Brandi, and I have a long line of breast cancer history in my family. My mom passed away at 31 years old after being diagnosed with breast cancer. My grandmother, along with several sisters, great aunts, and cousins, have also lost their lives to breast cancer. It …

My name is Terry Foltyn, and this is my story. I’m a 48 year old single mother of a 16 year old son. Ten years ago, I had my very first mammogram which showed abnormalities in both breasts. After a very painful biopsy and recovery, it was determined that the …

My name is Deseree Cundiff. I am a single 34 year old mom. I have a wonderful son that is 14 years old. This is the story about my life with breast cancer. It all began one day in November of 2004, a week before Thanksgiving. I was a student …

June 12th 2013 I will be cancer free for one year. My story begins like every one else s, doubt I will get cancer, hopeful I won’t get cancer. Cancer runs in my family, both sides. Both Grandmothers, my mother, three of my aunts and a cousin. March 2012 I …

I have survived breast cancer twice, all before turning 42. I was diagnosed at 30 with stage 3 breast cancer, and again at 41 with stage 1 breast cancer. I recently had a double radical mastectomy, and now I am having breast reconstruction. My theory is this: “Anyone can give …

I had invasive intraductal carcinoma. I am four weeks out from the mastectomy. I go to the oncologist this Wednesday! I am not sure where things will go, and I am scared of course! But whatever the outcome I will fight like a girl! I really needed this website! It has …

I was 33 years old and married with three kids when I was diagnosed with stage IIIc triple negative breast cancer in November 2011. My world turned upside down, and I was thrown into the cancer world, sitting in the chemotherapy suite only two weeks later. I underwent eight rounds …

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 …