My name is Vicki Oliva. I am 57-years-old and an 11-year survivor of breast cancer. Thankfully, due to regular mammograms, it was caught early, and I was able to have a lumpectomy and 7 weeks of radiation, plus 5 years on tamoxifen. Early detection is key for any cancer. Last …
Read More »Kathy’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Breast Cancer)
I was called while Christmas shopping in December 2015 and told that I had cancer. In some ways I knew it long before I heard the words. I went into automatic denial. It took me 3 months to accept it and then to find a surgeon I could trust. We …
Read More »Julie’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Breast Cancer)
Hi! My name is Julie, and I’m currently 54-years-old. I was married for 33 years, and I was divorced in Oct. 2015. I found out a few months later he had been cheating. A few months after that in April 2016, I was diagnosed with stage 3 IDC. I did …
Read More »Churee’s Story (Breast Cancer)
At 27, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, BRCA gene, HER2-positive, Stage 2. So I went through 8 rounds of aggressive chemotherapy and 35 rounds of radiation, a double radical mastectomy, 2 reconstruction surgeries, and a total hysterectomy in a year and a half’s time. Every doctor assured me it …
Read More »Jasimine’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma)
Hi my name is Jasimine and I am 16. I am a Hodgkin’s Lymphoma survivor. I found out I had cancer in Feb of 08. I went through 9 rounds of chemo in 9 months on 3 different regiments. After the chemo they told me and my mom that the …
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