Lauren Yerkes
The Greatest Lessons Learned Diagnosed 3 days before my 38th birthday with stage 2 invasive ductal carcinoma triple negative breast cancer. My goal now is to:
BRCA2 Carrier
Nancy Pickett
WINNING WOUNDED I was diagnosed with Invasive ductal carcinoma in my right breast in March, 2022 at the age of 55. I was devastated. Though breast cancer runs in my family, you never imagine it could also happen to you. I was diagnosed with Stage 1A HER2+ (ER+/PR-) Breast Cancer with a mass in my […]
Tonie Harrison
BRCA gene In 2021 I found out I had the Braca 2 gene. So in April 2022 I had a double mastectomy. I thought mentally I could handle it, but I was wrong. It started making me not want to look at myself. I felt uncomfortable looking or touching my chest area. I felt ugly […]
Katrina Craiker
How breast cancer changed my life Getting diagnosed at the age of 27 was not what I expected it to be. Finding out my diagnosis already at Stage 2B changed my life. Getting tested positive for ER/PR +, and having the BRCA 2 Gene mutation wasn’t what I planned my life to be. I did […]
Kelli Ransdell
Dropping my Apron I can remember the excitement of finding out that I was pregnant with my second child in September 2019, after just giving birth to my first child, a boy in April 2019 at the age of 34 years old. I was beyond overjoyed to know that I would have another child. I […]
Kara Taylor
I was diagnosed with IDC, Stage 2 with BRCA2+ at age 29 after I found a lump on a self breast exam. This was just 3 months after my daughter’s first birthday. I endured dose dense chemotherapy, double mastectomies, radiation, and currently hormone suppression for 10 years. My daughter is what keeps be going everyday. […]
Valeria Arizzi
Hello my name is Valeria. I was tested BRCA2 positive. This means that I have a genetic mutation which exposes me to an even higher risk of developing breast cancer. I do regular checkups in a Breast Unit because I have a daughter and I can’t afford to look the other way. Knowledge is power. […]
Tina Krout
Our story begins back in June of 2017 when my husband was told that he had stage 4 Glioblastoma brain cancer. The news was devastating but despite the terminal diagnosis, my husband, Mike, refused to go down without a fight. This is one time when he being stubborn is a good thing. He was told […]
Tiana Hines
My name is Tiana Hines. I am 34 years old. I am a wife and mother from the San Francisco Bay Area, born and raised in East Palo Alto- the soul in the Silicon Valley My family and I currently reside in the East Bay Area, and to say I’m grateful we are together would […]
Teresa Daleiden
12 Years & Going Strong Diagnosed with Stage 2-3 Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) July 29, 2003. Bi-lateral masectomy surgery took place on Aug. 15, 2003 with reconstructive surgery followed by 4 rounds of chemotherapy. Genetic testing shows that I carry the BRCA1 gene mutation and therefore, proceeded with removal of both ovaries (& fallopian […]
Taylor Olsson
My name is Taylor, I am 26 years old, and on 9/12/2018 I will be receiving a Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy as I am BRCA 2 positive. My maternal grandmother, mother, and maternal aunt all were diagnosed with Breast Cancer between the ages of 33-40. My grandmother Liz Hyatt was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer […]
Tarral Clinton
In Aug 2018, at age 41, I felt what appeared to be a huge knot on my left breast. Being that I work in the medical field and am around Doctors every day, I went to work the following morning and asked one of my peers to check it out for me. After checking she […]