I'm a cancer thriver. Diagnosed in 2013 with an MRI at the age of 49! I was told that I had a 5 centimeter, at least, tumor and positive lymph nodes, after being given the all-clear just 2 months before by the mammography and ultrasound team at another hospital.
Read MoreUpon my return to school six months later, my wheezing lungs, dependence on Depends (suddenly having lost urinary continence), and inability to ingest a meal did not cause my colleagues much concern. Perhaps they thought it was due to my pharma-cocktail.
Read MoreI was diagnosed metastatic de novo in 2017, and for the first year of my diagnosis, enjoyed relative stability. Despite the enormous challenges of finding a new rhythm with metastatic breast cancer, my disease was held at bay.
Read MoreIn 1995, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, and it spread to my liver in 2006. [They] gave me year and half to live, but a new doctor saved my life.
Read MoreI’ve had the pleasure of knowing Kelli for many years. She is a beloved mother, grandmother and friend. She has dedicated her life to raising Labrador retrievers, often putting these loving dogs, her family and friends before herself.
Read MoreThis past August, I reached a milestone that I was told I probably wouldn't reach - 5 years living with metastatic breast cancer. I'm lucky. Oh so lucky.
Read MoreI am no longer able to hold a full-time job. I’m on round the clock pain medication for side effects from my meds and from nerve damage due to radiation.
Read MoreThe best way to live with this disease is to try to do the things that you're passionate about while you can, the things that keep that fire inside you lit.
Read MoreIt's About Time we hold Breast Cancer Orgs accountable for putting out false information.
Read More“It’s cancer” are two words that nobody ever wants to hear once in their life. However, I have had the pleasure of sitting across from an Oncologist hearing those words said to me twice…before I even hit my mid 30’s.
Read MoreIt has been easy to feel like I am one big burden to society. I will never be “cured” and I will always be in treatment. Treating me is therefore very expensive. But, I am more than a burden; I'm also education.
Read MoreI was originally diagnosed in February of 2011 at age 40: stage 3b IDC, bilateral mastectomy. Chemo, radiation, two reconstructions. Ah, it was over. Then, I went for a check up in May and had to go for a biopsy. Yup, stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. My world crumbled.
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