Survivor Stories & Information

Hi all, I am in the early stages of getting information. I noticed a lump a year ago, but my insurance made it hard to find doctors. I was finally able to locate one covered and he is a great surgeon. I now have a wonderful oncologist and will be …

On February 27, 2019, I was sitting in my surgeon’s office when he walked in and said it wasn’t good news. I felt like this isn’t happening with being 35 and not having history of cancer. I have two teenage daughters how am I supposed  to tell them? I had …

This August will mark eight years since I completed treatments (chemotherapy & radiation) for breast cancer. I am a Survivor! My cancer was caught early due to the forward thinking of my family doctor, who had been ordering mammograms for me due to my family history, even though I was …

I was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 days before my 50th birthday on November 6, 2012. My family doctor felt a tiny lump in my left breast when I had gone in to have her check out a cyst in my right breast. I had a mammogram on a Friday …

In June 2015, I went for an annual mammogram and it was abnormal. I was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer on July 8, 2015. It was my husband’s birthday and it hit him harder than me. I went to church that evening and prayed and was prayed over by …

In 2015, a lump became a lesion. Scans showed breast cancer in both breasts. I had 4 surgeries and a bilateral mastectomy; no reconstruction. It was followed by 3 rounds of Taxotere chemotherapy and 55 radiation treatments. Sonny, my dog, and I rescued each other to help me through chemotherapy. …

I am a 2 year survivor. My mother and her sister also had cancer. My father was in the a nursing home while I was battling my cancer, and he had to have his leg amputated. I went through radiation during the hardest time of my life. He passed away …

I was 25 years old with a 5-year-old son, a 2-year-old daughter and I just had given birth to a baby girl 5 weeks ago. I was healing from a C-section and was still in a tremendous amount of pain. Being my first C-section, I thought this was normal. Little …

When I was 47, I found out that I had stage 3 breast cancer. I had 2 months of chemotherapy to shrink the tumor. I then had a mastectomy and 37 treatments of radiation. My family was with me every step of the way. It has been 10 years since …

It was May of 2010 when I first found a lump in my right breast. My gynecologist scheduled me for a mammogram and ultrasound to check things out. According to the radiology tech it was just fibrous tissue. Two years later it was larger. Same tests were done, same results …