I found a lump in December. In January, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I just finished round 4 of chemo. I still have 12 remaining. I work a full time job with the USPS. I am also a full time single mom of a beautiful 18-month-old girl. I don’t …
Read More »Chris’s Story (Melanoma, Breast Cancer)
I was diagnosed with stage three melanoma in my twenties and spent twenty plus years chasing it around my body. After fifteen years of melanoma-free life, I was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. Over the last year, I have had three courses of chemo, a bilateral mastectomy and radiation. I …
Read More »Misty’s Story (Breast Cancer)
Diagnosed on February 15, 2017 with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, High grade DCIS. Stage 1 Grade 2. ER+ PR+ HER2- No lymph node involvement, Oncotype X score 34. BRCA – Negative. On my 43rd birthday, I rolled over in bed, and it hurt. Not thinking it could be anything, I did …
Read More »Pamela’s Story (Breast Cancer)
After being in remission for 12 years and having a lumpectomy on left side, chemo and radiation, I was diagnosed 5 weeks ago on right side this time. No choice but to have my breast removed and then go back and remove the left. While in the hospital, I developed …
Read More »Kim’s Story (Breast Cancer)
Hi, I am the mother of 2 young boys. When I was 46, I found a lump under my arm. After having it checked and about a million tests, I was diagnosed with IDC. I did 6 months of chemotherapy every week for about 4 hours. I lost my hair, …
Read More »Patricia’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Breast Cancer)
I was diagnosed a year ago on Nov. 8,2016. The day my life officially changed. I went through a single mastectomy and chemo with my 19-year-old playing nurse. I had radiation and am now on tamoxifen for ten years. I am a single mom with two young ones still with …
Read More »Mimi’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Sarcoma)
It started last October, just after I got my flu shot in my left arm. I was feeling pain in the area where I’d received my flu shot and thought it was just a reaction to the shot. I went to the doctor and was seen by a resident (not …
Read More »Alex Andrea’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma)
My journey started in May 2012. I had a cough and swollen neck and didn’t feel well. I went to the ER and got misdiagnosed three separate times. They said it was either a virus, injury, goiter, or thyroid problems. When the doctor left, the nurse finally said, “Something’s wrong …
Read More »Dahlia’s Story (Endometrial Cancer)
My journey with endometrial or uterine cancer started last year, October 2016, at 41 years old. My Symptoms I noticed the changes in my menstrual cycle probably 2 years ago or so. The symptoms were prolonged, with heavy bleeding for 3 weeks. I only had 1 week off to rest …
Read More »Jamie’s Story (Breast Cancer)
I’m Jamie. I’m 39, and I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer on July 13, 2016. I had 8 rounds of chemotherapy and 6 weeks of radiation therapy. I had my mastectomy on March 6, 2017. My husband, children, step children, and family have been by my side through …
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