When I was performing my monthly Breast Self Exam (BSE) I found a lump in my breast. I was only 27 years old, and in the midst of planning my wedding. Shortly thereafter, I was diagno...

When I was diagnosed in March of 2000, I had Stage 1 invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast. I had a lumpectomy and sentinal node biopsy, a partial mastectomy and lymph node dis...

I was diagnosed at 26 with Stage II infiltrating ductal carcinoma. Before telling me, my doctor asked my age, and just stared at me, probably shocked how young I was.

Tricia Valles

My name is Tricia, and I have been living with Stage IV breast cancer since I was first diagnosed in October, 1999, at the age of 26. Juts last month I celebrated my 30th birthday. Mo...

The beginning of this chapter in my life began in January 2001. I went in for one of those glorious annual exams. It was all fine until the breast exam. My ob/gyn found a lump and sai...

"Your cancer is back and it's in your spine, right femur, and liver.....I'm so sorry."Those words were uttered by my doctor one year after being diagnosed with stage IIA breast cancer...

Lori Kennedy's Story
by Lori Kennedy

Here is my story. In October, 2000, I gave birth to my first child. In July 2001, I went to my OB for my 6 month p...

Christine's Story
by Christine Druther

Brain Talk, Volume 6, Number 2

At the age of 41, Christine found her own breast cancer. "I h...

My name is Jennifer Kaplan. I was diagnosed when I was 24. I found the lump myself and it was as big as an egg! They thought I had a cyst but I got an ultrasound then a mammogram and a needle biop...

My name is Kristen. I was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer at the age of 33.

About 4 years ago I started noticing pain in my back, neck, and hips during physical therapy for an unrelat...

My story begins on March 29, 2000 when I am nearly 36 years old. I had made an appointment to see my ob/gyn with a complaint regarding soreness in my left breast. I explained to my docto...

I went to my yearly check up in March 2000 at the age of 29. My ARNP gave me my breast exam and found nothing. Three months later I noticed a lump in my left breast.

I saw my OB/GYN, who s...

"Get your affairs in order," the doctor told me on a gray December day.

"I'm twenty six years old, and that is the best you can do for me?" I pleaded.

We drove home in sile...

I have two sisters that have survived breast cancer. I found my lump in September 2007. I went in for a biopsy in December and was told it was invasive breast cancer. I had my first o...

Stage 4 Melanoma and Breast Cancer Survivor

I never thought about getting cancer. I was 31 years old. I had a 3-year-old daughter and 16-month-old girl/boy t...

22 years ago, when I was 26, I was told I was going to die! I didn't!!

Six weeks after my daughter was born, at 26 years old, a lump was discovered in my br...

My husband found the lump in mid-November. At first I was too scared to even think about it. I finally got the courage to set up the appointment with my gynecologist. He was suspiciou...

Sometimes, you just know. Call it women's intuition, whatever you want. Sometimes you just know when something is really wrong. There's that churning in your stomach, or the tingling ...

This journey started for me late December 2006 when I was doing my monthly breast exam and found a very decent sized lump on my right breast at the one o'clock area. As I kept feeling...

In the end of 2007 I started experiencing pains in my right breast. Within a couple of months my breast was very painful, red, swollen and warm to the touch. My PCP immediately ordere...

I met with the doctor immediately following my first sonogram and mammogram, and heard the words "I don't like the way this looks. I think there's a good chance it is cancer." Life wa...

My cancer journey has been the best time in my life. This experience has made me who I am today. It has made me a better person and I am finally living my life to the fullest. I learn...