Stories about breast cancer that can inspire and inform

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Susan Johnson

I want to share my story of survival because I believe it will give hope to others who are starting their journey down that terrifying road called “breast cancer.” On March 23, 1997, I received the devastating news that I had metastatic breast cancer. My doctor thought that he could shrink my tumor, which would […]

Ronny Arbuckly

Arbuckle Shares Story of Breast Cancer SurvivalReprinted with permission from the October 26, 2005 issue of the Elgin Courier – Elgin, Texas The last thing on Ronny Arbuckle’s mind seven years ago when he was in Oklahoma City attending a Big 12 baseball tournament was cancer. But he found a tiny knot beside a nipple […]

Lynda Flannery

Ours was a second marriage and had been truly wonderful for 22 years—international living and travel, a wonderful son, all systems go. My husband was feeling tired, but that was to be expected since he commuted by plane between Philly and New York to head up a company. He did this so that our son […]

Debbie Spurio

My idea of relaxing is to take a long, hot bubble bath and then hop into bed and watch a little TV. However, on a Sunday evening in April of 1998, I reached over to set my alarm and felt a hard lump on the left side of my breast. I immediately examined my left […]

Laren Watson

I am a holistic health coach and thought I was the last person who’d get a serious health diagnosis. Turns out not only did I get one, but I got two unrelated, aggressive and hard to treat cancers at the same time. After I got over the shock, I desperately wanted to treat it holistically, […]

Debbie Reft

Stem Cell Transplant Saved Me When this all started I was 40 yrs old, 2 boys, 14.and 9 and a single mom whose husband left to marry the best friend. I was always one of those big breasted woman who loved it at the time but despise them as I got older, diagnosed with Fiber […]

Barbara Salwisz

3-Time Survivor How can I make a long story short. My first cancer was in 1995. i was 43. I found a lump in my left breast but thought it was from my new meter reading job. Caring the hand held i used to read meters and moving it up and down so i thought […]