Survivor Stories & Information

Hi my name is Terri, I am 43 years old, and on April 10, 2013, I got the shock of my life. I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Since my grandmother had it I tried to be vigilant with self exams. In years past I had a cyst and fine …

I am 42 years old and I have had my struggles through life just as everyone else has. After going through the struggles of being empty-nesters, my husband Darren and I were coming into the next phase of life and really enjoying ourselves. We had placed ourselves in a comfortable …

When I was sixteen, I received a string of pearls. No, not the kind you wear around your neck; mine happened to be on my ovaries. Just weeks after my birthday I was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome. A few months later, I was diagnosed with interstitial cystitis. My pain …

I was diagnosed with stage IIB breast cancer in November 2009, it was discovered during my routine annual mammogram. The tumor that showed up on the mammogram was a secondary tumor in one of my sentinel lymph nodes, which is where cancer begins to spread. The primary tumor was buried …

My name is Lynn Nichols and I was diagnosed with breast cancer back in January of this year. They found two tumors on my right breast. After a MRI they found something suspicious on my left breast, I told them to take both breast. My right breast had stage 2 …

Ever since I started high school I used to get really bad heavy and painful periods. It meant having to have time off school every month because I was in too much pain. It got to the point where it got so bad and I had to see my doctor …

My life was going great, I had just been promoted to Sergeant on the Phoenix Police Dept. I was assigned the midnight shift. One morning as I was going to bed, I noticed that my left nipple was leaking. I knew that couldn’t be normal so I waited until the …

Everyday is a struggle with my body it seems. Pain and pressure have become my life. Two years ago, after what seemed like forever I finally got an answer as to why my head continued to hurt no matter what I did to try to stop it. After multiple weekly …

I was 34 in December of 2011 when I got my diagnosis of stage III invasive lobular carcinoma. I had an 18 month old baby at home and my world came crashing down into pieces as I sat crying on the phone with my doctor who broke the news to …

On September 12, 2012, I decided to make an appointment with my family doctor. I had been experiencing fatigue, which I had already chalked up to traveling to and from a class reunion, a home renovation project, and helping my daughter plan her wedding, which was about six weeks away …