Survivor Stories
Laurel’s Story
I found bilateral painful breast lumps at 7.5 weeks pregnant (April 17, 2000) and because I was pregnant, there seemed not to be any urgency to prove or disprove the cause for the lumps (the lump in my left breast disappeared with hot compresses in 5 days, but the...
Amy’s Story
I competed in my first sprint triathlon “Tri for the Cure” in March 2013. I was competing for my aunt fighting lymphoma and other family members who had died of cancer. Little did I know I would be competing with cancer myself. In the week following the race, my...
Janna’s Story
I am a person who always dreamed of having a family of my own. I was raised in a family where family was cherished. My parents and my two brothers were my world. On my 35th birthday, I was single having never been married and remember thinking that maybe this was...
Ashley’s Story
I was just five weeks pregnant when I was absentmindedly playing with the necklace my future husband had gotten me for our anniversary when I felt a grape-sized lump above my right collarbone. Less than a week later I was going under to have the lump removed and...
Kerry’s Story
Something felt wrong. I was happily pregnant with our second child, awaiting the test results of first trimester screenings, and though every test came back negative for birth defects etc., I felt wary of the pregnancy. At 14 weeks my obstetrician told me to enjoy...
Roxanne’s Story
Fighting for Two by Roxanne Martinez Roxanne and her daughter Imagine learning you are pregnant, then being diagnosed with an aggressive breast cancer days later. That was the predicament I found myself in last November. Days after receiving the devastating diagnosis...
Lisa’s Story
In August 2010, my husband Ryan and I were happily expecting our first baby when he noticed a small lump in my breast. A self-examination revealed a second larger lump. I mentioned this to my doctor at my first pre-natal visit and he referred me to the local breast...
Trish’s Story
As a cancer survivor, I look back on this picture and think of how much my family has endured over the past year and how thankful I am that God has blessed my life with them and given me the chance to continue to be here with them. My story starts on November 12,...
Mara’s Story
Breast Cancer... two powerful words! They have always been a part of my life. My mother and grandmother both died from breast cancer. My childhood was spent ‘living through’ the disease. My mother often quizzed me about breast health and early detection. I...
Annie’s Story
Spying the IV pump a clear liquid through about 6 feet of tubing that eventually found its way to the porta-catheter on my chest, I’m compelled to think that I’m the most selfish mother in the world and don’t deserve this baby. An hour earlier, I was wheeled directly...