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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In June 2020, at 28 years old, I was diagnosed with Stage 3, ER-/PR+, HER2+, Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. At the time, I was 2 months postpartum with my son, and my daughter was 2 years old. I was scared to death. The hardest part of being diagnosed was waiting. Waiting for the biopsy results, waiting […]
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 […]
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 […]
My name is Jenn Valenti and I was diagnosed with Er/Pr positive HER2- Invasive Ductal Carcinoma on May 5, 2017. On that day it felt like the world imploded on me. I was healthy my whole life. My doctor, who is a survivor herself, was very encouraging and I had a bilateral mastectomy on June […]
My name is Gloria. I am a Nigerian. I was diagnosed in March 2017 with an estrogen(+) progesterone(+) HER 2- breast cancer. I was 32 years old, a single parent and just graduated from the university. After my mastectomy, I declined further treatments due to the “chemo scare” prevalent among women in my country. In […]
My 10-year-old son, Enrique, has been my strength and motivation to fight every single day, so I may witness him finish high school and then go off to college. His dad and I separated when he was very young, and he primarily lives with me. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2015 when I was 41 […]
In May of 2008, I was diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer, with ER/PR positive tumor type. Once surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatments were over, there was no manual, prescription or remedy to help me recover from the physical, emotional and mental impact of the experience, nor help me restore myself back to normal — […]
