Stories about breast cancer that can inspire and inform

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Tracy Nesbitt-Wright

Stage 2 estrogen negative progesterone negative her2 positive Hello- My story began in 2012 when I was 34 years old and 30 weeks pregnant with twins. I was diagnosed on July 17th 2012 and gave birth at 30 weeks on July 19th 2012. I had a bi lateral mastectomy on July 31st 2012 and started […]

Delisa Porter

Stage 3 Journey In 2019 I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma with Lymph Node Involvement in my Left Breast. No family history. I was shocked and scared. I had to go to multiple appointments and take multiple tests. I was first given chemotherapy, Herceptin & Perjeta. The chemotherapy had shrunk my tumors. […]

Tammy Kapplinger

PA Mom Fights Breast Cancer Hi there. My name is Tammy Kapplinger. I am a physician associate who works in pediatrics in Cypress, Texas. As a healthcare provider, I am used to treating patients , but not being one. In March of 2021, I was diagnosed with Triple Negative Invasive Ductal Carcinoma after an abnormal […]

Nora Stanley

Changes Everything changes… but cancer cannot steal my soul. Those words that my radiologist MD stated… “I’ve been doing this along time and I believe that you have breast cancer”…… I was numb, my husband was shocked, and in a moment, our lives changed.Tests, double mastectomy, several surgical complications requiring more surgeries, treatments, and pain […]

Janet Elkins      

Living with Triple Negative Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer            I was first diagnosed with HER2+ hormone negative right breast. They removed 3 lymph nodes, along with chemo and radiation. I was considered cancer free, and in 6 months was then diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast cancer. In my 3 years, 3 months, I have […]

Sonia Clark

Life after cancer Hello. I was diagnosed with stage 1b triple positive breast cancer on July 24th 2021. I never let it beat me down and survived chemo, radiation, a positive lymph node and a double mastectomy and almost a year of immotherapy to attack my positive Her2. After a hysterectomy, menopause was tough. I […]

Mindy Wojcik

Survivor Runs in the family but doesn’t! We caught it early by MRI (not on mammogram or ultrasounds) because of family history. DCIS, SMX with reconstruction. Next month 1 year survivor. Mother DCIS 1 year survivor and Maternal Aunt HERS+ 15 year survivor. None of us have the BRCA gene? Grateful, thankful and blessed! Breast […]

Jaime Goodman

Survivor New Birthday It was June 9, 2020, the day that changed my life forever as I knew it. The day my doctor called me and said the dreaded words, “you have cancer, we need to set up a follow up with a specialist,” pretty sure I didn’t hear any of those words, just sat […]

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 […]

Shannon Bernhart

Shannon’s Stage 3B Story I was diagnosed with stage 3B inflammatory breast cancer after I was cleared to carry a baby. I had just been healed from a myomectomy. I felt a egg-sized lump in my right breast that burnt in the summer sun. I had an ultrasound, a biopsy and an MRI to confirm […]

Martin Barbeau

Male with Breast Cancer I’m a male who was diagnosed in Sept. with breast cancer. I’m a male who has klinefelters as well. So as I get older (65) I’m finding that I’m getting ‘female’ ailments, like osteo perosis. I didn’t and still don’t feel any pain or symptoms. I smoked for about 27 years […]