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Survivor I was diagnosed with dusctal carcinoma insitu breast cancer situated on the nipple in 2011. I did double mastectomy. No chemotherapy nor radiation as the cancer was still localized. In 2017 in came back and had to operate again and this time around opted for radiation only. I’m still alive and cleared. Grateful for […]
Fighter I am 34 years old, I went to the doctor for a mass that I felt in one of my breasts, there is no history of cancer in my family, I never imagined that it would turn out to be an invasive ductal carcinoma grade 2, a 10 months later im working in my […]
Supporter The woman that changed my life My story is about a wonderful woman that I was so lucky to have in my life…even before she became my mother-in-law. I was 18 years old finishing up High School outside of Salt Lake City Utah. I was having questions of where I was going in my […]
Supporter/Co-Survivor Mom’s journey My mother, Cledith, was a 15+ year survivor of breast cancer. She lived with me when she went for a Mammogram while I was at work one day. When they discovered a mass, they immediately sent her for a biopsy. When I got home from work that day, she broke down & […]
The story isn’t long and it’s straight to the point. I’ve lived the last 11 years without my mother, and her presence has been greatly missed. Quite a weird feeling at 11-years old to pull your mother’s hair out in the bath room. Laughing together at the action was the only way we understood it […]
My mother was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 at the age of 37. My sister was 3 and I was 7. Nearly 10 years later, it came back in her lungs. Growing up I knew bits and pieces of my mother’s story, but it was not until recently when I was diagnosed myself […]
Mary Katherine Weber is a firm believer that volunteerism comes back to you ten-fold. Over five years ago she and a determined group of women formed a “dog and pony show” to bring Susan G. Komen for the Cure to the Texarkana, Texas community. Serving as speech major, Mary Katherine and her group traveled all […]
A longtime friend and volunteer of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Lynn Hamm Sellers first became involved with the Charleston Affiliate of Komen for the Cure in 1996. Prompted by a close family member’s cancer diagnosis, Lynn has devoted her heart, mind and body to finding a cure for breast cancer. Lynn’s dedication is […]
Don’t let her wicked sense of humor and easy going demeanor fool you. Kelly is a woman who gets things done. It all began on Race Day 2004 as a favor for a friend and staff member of the Affiliate. Since then, Kelly has had her finger on the pulse of the Komen Oregon and […]
Leslie’s volunteer career with Komen began in Southern California, when two close friends were diagnosed with breast cancer. Losing these two courageous women to the disease created a passion in Leslie that converted to active fundraising for Komen events. In her first Breast Cancer 3-Day® event in Southern California in 1999, she walked 60 […]
Kathleen Walker is the key to success behind the Komen West Virginia Affiliate. Having served as founding member and president for the first six years of the chapter’s existence, nearly every member of the Affiliate can trace their initial involvement with Komen to Kathleen. Her tireless “never say no” attitude and commitment to making a […]
Around 1995, as the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure continued to broaden its scope across the nation, three Tulsa residents (Barbara Schwartz, Susan Ford Bales and Bill Donahue) determined the national fight against breast cancer should be brought to Tulsa, Oklahoma. This trio knew that creating a team to pull off such an […]
