I am 22 years old, and in May 2012 my sister (27) and I had prophylactic double mastectomies. My mom had breast cancer at 24 and 38, then ovarian cancer at 55 and 57! Just a year before our surgery we found out that we were BOTH BRCA 1 gene …
Read More »Cindy’s Story (Breast Cancer)
While going to college, at 39 years old, for surgical technology, I had a mammogram followed by a needle biopsy and then a surgical biopsy. Fortunately for me it was detected early and was also contained within a milk gland so it couldn’t spread, thus requiring no chemotherapy or radiation. …
Read More »Terry’s Story (Breast Cancer)
My parents were killed in 1976. My mother was 41 when she died. In 2006, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. After surgery and radiation, I am a survivor. I have 2 sisters, one is my identical twin. She just found out she had a positive biopsy. We don’t know …
Read More »Allison’s Story (Breast Cancer)
Hi! My name is Allison. I was diagnosed on my 34th birthday with stage 4 breast cancer with widespread bone metastasis, and on a recent CT scan they found a small lesion. I’ve had three collapsed vertebrae and have trouble walking because of the numerous bone lesions on my spine, …
Read More »Gayle’s Story (Breast Cancer)
In May of 2010, I was 52 years old. I had always gotten my annual mammogram. One morning as I awoke I felt a prompting from the Lord to touch my left breast. As I did so, I felt a large hard lump. I don’t know how I knew it, …
Read More »Carla’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I was visiting my mom and dad for our family’s normal Sunday afternoon dinner on December 16th. I asked my mom to feel my breast. It was hard, inflamed, and blood was coming from the nipple. I went to the doctor the next day and they did a mammogram. The …
Read More »Michelle’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I am 36 years old. I have stage 3 breast cancer. I just had my left breast removed, along with lymph nodes. Now I am going through chemo for the next year. Michelle C Submitted 1-28-2013 The informational content of this article is intended to convey a personal experience …
Read More »Kathy’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I grew up in the sixties and seventies when a root beer float (or ‘black cow’ as we call it here in the South), a red vinyl bar stool, and Johnny Angel crooning from the jukebox at the local drug store, were as close to heaven as one could get. …
Read More »Cassie’s Story (Breast Cancer)
“You have breast cancer….” Wow – I never imagined I would hear that on my 38th birthday. It all started with a little lump. I noticed it, but I didn’t do anything about it for a few months. Finally in March 2012, I saw my primary doctor. She thought it was …
Read More »Ann Marie’s Story (Breast Cancer)
First, I want to state that when the photographer, my friend Genevieve, showed me the photo to the right, I cried. Hard. The symbolism of the blurred chest was profound. The picture as a breast cancer survivor speaks volumes and I know my warrior sisters will agree. I am a …
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