At the age of 43, I was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. I had surgery to remove one infected lymph node and the upper right wall of my colon. Then I did 12 months of chemotherapy.
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Renee shares her experience after being diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer
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My name is Mindy and I have Metastatic Breast Cancer. At 36 yrs old I finally felt as though my life was going in the direction I wanted it to. My youngest was starting their 1st year of school.
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I was diagnosed stage 2, HER2+. In 2009. My youngest child was only 12. After A mastectomy, 6 rounds of chemo and a year of Herceptin, I thought I was free, But only five months later, cancer was found in my liver.
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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.
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I am Ilene Alizah Kaminsky. Alizah means happiness in Hebrew. I am a great granddaughter of a rabbi and cantor from St. Petersburg Russia who emigrated in 1910 through Ellis island.
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Hi, my name is Lana and my father/best friend is fighting metastatic head and neck cancer with his mets in both lungs! He was diagnosed almost 2 years ago but started complaining to his family doctor about 2 years prior to that.
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My beautiful daughter, Sandy Sheppard. She got her wings un August 2015. Since then, progress has been made towards more effective treatment and more support for survivors and caregivers.
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In January of 2017, at the ripe old age of 38, I felt a lump in my left breast. I was tandem nursing my almost 4 year old and almost 2 year old at the time. I started taking herbs and saw my lactation consultant since I’d already had a few clogs.
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I was diagnosed Metastatic in 2012. I have had many ups and downs living with MBC. I have gone through 6 major surgeries in 8 years.
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I discovered a knot in my left breast while I was sleeping and went to the breast cancer doctor. He did a mammogram, biopsy, and ultrasound all in the same day.
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I was having my yearly appointment with my primary care physician when she looked it up the date of my last mammogram. It was 2012. She said, “let’s get back on track.”
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I was diagnosed with de novo Stage IV breast cancer in July 2019 after finding a lump in the shower. It had already spread to my bones and liver. My annual mammograms showed nothing, including the one from October 2018.
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I was diagnosed in April of 2019. I had scans, an MRI, and multiple tests to determine what I had and found that I had Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer.
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Diagnosed in June 2019. Receiving chemo on a weekly basis. It has shrunk the tumors and has the cancer under control right now. Will continue with this therapy for the time being. No mastectomy or radiation scheduled at this time.
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Upon 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.
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Advocating for breast cancer patients’ needs and research through legislative and direct action is important. For me, it's living for a greater purpose beyond myself.
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I was diagnosed with breast cancer in July of 2019. I was informed that I already had metastasis to the liver a month later.
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