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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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I found my lump in April 2019. I started chemotherapy treatment in July 2019. I did 6 rounds of chemo before I had a double mastectomy in December 2019. I just finished 33 rounds of radiation, and at the same time I’m finishing the second part of treatment. This part …
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16 years ago, I was diagnosed with IDC (invasive ductal carcinoma) breast cancer. I had a bilateral mastectomy and did chemo. I had a 0.03% chance of any cancer. 6 years ago, I was diagnosed with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer. I followed up with more chemo and genetic testing, which showed no …
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I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 31, with no family history on 12-12-12! Within two weeks, I was meeting with Oncologist and Surgeons. I had a bilateral mastectomy on 12-28-12. Then, I started aggressive chemotherapy after a port placement from February to May. Additional treatment included …
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Twelve years ago, my life was apparently “perfect”. I was married to a nice guy, we had good health, we made a good living together, we traveled often, and we had good friends. In 2006, we felt we were ready to start a family, I had a miscarriage in March …
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My story started when I had a brain aneurysm almost 25 years ago. My youngest child was just a year old and after my second brain surgery, I realized I needed to start fighting long and hard. I did not know my fight had just started. After many years of …
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I was diagnosed the first time in 2008; I made it five years and one month and then diagnosed the second time. I went through 24 rounds of chemo and three months of radiation. At that time I was diagnosed with stage 3. When I finished everything treatment wise about …
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Hello, my name is Glenda. My story starts in 2013. My dog found my cancer. One morning I was playing with my dog and she jumped and landed on my left breast. It started burning and itching. I had never felt that sensation. I became worried and decided that I …
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