Reconstructive Surgery
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Romanita Irish Partington
My story Went for a routine mammogram. Had a call back . Was sent for a biopsy and the doctor called and said I have cancer. Three months later had a double mastectomy with reconstruction. I’m 2 . 5 out from diagnosis.
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 […]
Corina Klein
Survivor Journey turns in helping others My name is Corina Klein and I’d like to share how my breast cancer journey turned into helping others. On April 16, 2020, as the world was starting a battle against the COVID pandemic, I received news I would be starting a battle of my own. I had been […]
Christina Bemis
Breast Cancer Survivor Two Times As a two-time survivor of breast cancer, I cannot stress enough how important it is to be confident in and comfortable with the treatment decisions you make, the importance of finding a team or doctors who are right for you and having support throughout your journey with breast cancer. My […]
Romanita Irish-Partington
My story Last year February I went for a mammogram. Had a call back. Had a biopsy. Confirmed it was cancer. Two months after my diagnosis had a double mastectomy with DIEP.
Kendra Rowles
I WON! I had my first mammogram last year (it was late since I have fibrocystic breast disease and eight women had/have breast cancer in my maternal and paternal families). I got it only because I had weird lump near my breast bone that was longways, unlike any cyst I had. It was misdiagnosed twice. […]
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 […]
Paulette Beebe
Breast cancer survivor I had bilateral mastectomy and reconstructive surgery on 11/21/2005. I am cancer-free now, I did not have chemotherapy or radiation.