“My Voice” by Pamela Grossman
I should have known not to go for the mammogram in January. Granted, that had not been the plan. I found the breast lump in November of 2007 and had been deep in negotiations with the cancer center since then in an attempt to get squeezed in (bad pun intentional; sorry) for an appointment when […]
“My Voice” by Cheryl Saul
Cheryl Saul, age at diagnosis – 51 Survivor of IDC, 2cm, Stage 2a, Pr-/Er-/HER- My life has been met with some pretty tough challenges but the one I have embarked upon this year has been my toughest. Back in 1983 when we were broad-sided in my car door by a speeding drunk driver who ran a stop […]
“My Voice” by Paula Shelton
First, I never ever thought I would be here or that I would be a “survivor”. I always do the Susan Komen runs each year and send money in to support the Livestrong foundation and I even wear my yellow band… But last February, February 26th to be exact was when my life changed. That […]
“My Voice” by Diana Parker
My name is Diana Parker, I live in Ohio. I am 47 years old; I was diagnosed when I was 44. My story begins a lot like everyone else’s, go in to get something checked, and the doctor said honey I’m sorry you have breast cancer. I was diagnosed with stage 3 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma […]
“My Voice” by Angie Suttles
This is My Story In 1998, after being treated for what I was told was just an “infection,” I was diagnosed at the age of 31 with a rare vulva cancer, which had invaded one lymph node in my pelvic area. Following radical surgery, I was given radiation to the area and told that I […]
“My Voice” by Debbie Cook
It has been a little more than 19 months that I received my 2nd diagnosis of breast cancer. On April 11th, 2008 the diagnosis was a triple negative, invasive ductile carcinoma, Stage 3. This time it was more aggressive and I had a very aggressive 2 rounds of chemo and a mastectomy. Thirteen years ago I had been […]
