Stories about breast cancer that can inspire and inform

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Aminah Kassam

Friend or Foe. Making Peace with my Breast Cancer Hi fellow Breast Cancer peopleMy first diagnosis in April 2019.at the age of 47was With 3rd stage ER positive cancer in my left breast. No Braca Gene. Mother had breast cancer at 50 and is now a ripe 83 yr old living life to her fullest. […]

Tamara Piraino

Still in Treatment She doesn’t FIGHT alone Hello, my name is Tamara, and I was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Stage 1, Grade 3, ER+, PR+, HER2-, in July of 2023. I went in for my normal, yearly mammogram and at that time, I had no issues or concerns. Two days after that scan, I […]

Deborah Estienne

Hope Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy “ I have always been a strong woman but little did i know that i would be confronted with breast cancer. I am blessed to have a 6 kids, a farm, and a very strong family, church family and community. I have taught […]

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 […]

Jean Bowden

Routine mammogram found my cancer Hi everyone. My journey began at the end of June 2023 after a routine mammogram which turned into another of my left breast, then a stereotactic biopsy, lumpectomy, then sentinel biopsy. The lumpectomy revealed IDC and the sentinel biopsy showed benign. I’m Er+, Pr+, Her-. Starting hormone blocker treatment after […]

Araceli Vargas

Blessed to See Another Day of Life Hello my name is Araceli Vargas and was diagnosed with breast cancer at 27 years old. My diagnosis was invasive ductal carcinoma, estrogen and progesterone positive. I was diagnosed October of 2022, I underwent a double mastectomy and found that I also had 5/13 positive lymph nodes, my […]

Ryn Sloane

Rise of a Warrior My name is Ryn and I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 at the age of 38. I was fit, took care of myself, had a young family and had no history of breast cancer in my family. I discovered a lump in my left breast in September 2018 while […]

Karen Adams

Cancer Didn’t Kill Me, It Changed Me Through Faith Never in a million years would I have thought that my life story would include several chapters about cancer. In 2017, I was diagnosed with Invasive Ductile Carcinoma ER+/PR- and HER2+ in my left breast. I found the lump during a self-breast exam. I hoped it […]

Kretcha Roldan

A journey I was diagnosed on Dec 2021 Ductal Carcicoma in situ. Stage 1. Estrogen Positive Receptir. I had a lumpectomy, chemo and radiation. Right now I am part of a clinical trial for 5 yrs taking Giredestrant. I couldn’t have done it without the unconditional love an support of family and beautiful friends from […]

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 […]

Jamelle Singleton

My name is Jamelle Singleton. I am currently fighting Stage 3 Breast Cancer. I have been married for 5 years and I have 3 kids, 1 daughter and 2 bonus children! My husband is a teacher and I work for Cigna. My cancer journey started as a caregiver for my mother. She was diagnosed with […]

Crystal Taylor

My name is Crystal. I’m a 43 year old er/pr positive, her2 negative breast cancer survivor. A little history, women on both sides of my family have battled breast cancer. As close as my half sister on my father’s side. I knew it was a matter of time before I received that news. In September […]