Caregiver
Men and women both get Breast cancer My husband was diagnosed with breast cancer after finding what he thought was a bruise in his chest. He underwent a radical mastectomy and 6 months of chemotherapy. We thought we had it beat. 18 months later, while I was doing chemotherapy for breast cancer also, he developed […]
Caregiver My Mother, My Brother and Me. My mother, Vicky, was first diagnosed with breast cancer at age 35. I was 13 years old and my little brother was 3. The three of us banded together and got through it somehow. Surgery, chemo, radiation. Then a divorce and huge move from Florida back to Pennsylvania […]
Caregiver Mother The Never Ending Story My 27-year-old daughter was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019…no family history, no BRCA…just the luck of the draw. I used to believe that breast cancer if caught early was a one-and-done; you do surgery and chemotherapy and radiation then if you survive you ring the bell, go home […]
My Mom’s Story My Mom, affectionately known as Cricket, lost her battle with triple negative breast cancer that was diagnosed in July 2020. She died 2 days before her 89th birthday on March 21,2021.She found the lump sometime in May/June of 2020 and I think it had been there longer than that. Within a week […]
Quality over Quantity This past year was the worst year of my life. No one tells you how to be an appropriate support system for someone going through this. You’re not taught what to say, how to be of comfort, how to reduce their fear. How to differentiate which part of them being sick is […]
To my friends, co-workers and family, thank you for all the love and kindness you’ve showed me over the last couple of months. In 2013, I’d just lost my father to Lymphoma. As I buried myself into my work to cope with the grief of losing my father, God sent me an angel. What started […]
My wife was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer and we have 5 children. We started to get treatment at St. Joseph and we felt that there were just medicating her and not really paying too much attention to her. She’s 30 years old she’s really young. So we moved to Uci and hoping that […]
The best is yet to come! I was a college senior when my mom, best friend, confidant, and ride or die was diagnosed with breast cancer. My entire world changed and my faith in God was strengthened. It was no doubt that I would be there for my mom in whatever capacity she needed. I […]
I can still remember that fateful summer day of July 11, 2005, when the truck that ran over us both, just kept going, it left us blindsided with the devastating news: “I’m sorry but you have breast cancer.” As that moment in time stood still and we were numb with fear. We had no idea […]
Survivor: His wife, Becky I was deployed to Kosovo with my National Guard unit in November 2003. My wife provided amazing support for me during my deployment. We cried when I left. We celebrated when I returned. We had an old normal before I left. We had a new normal after I returned. Less than […]
My Judy fought for four and half years after being diagnosed at 42. She helped and inspired other women who were fighting breast cancer. I miss her everyday.
My sister is 42 years young. Her Stage II Breast Cancer diagnosis shook the entire family. She is the youngest of 5. We recieved the news in winter – the season when we celebrate all of our birthdays. We are all sad, stressed, prayerful, hopeful, worried and blessed – all at the same time. I […]
