Sandra’s Story: Living with Mets for More Than 20 Years
Sandra Spivey Southern California Age at metastatic diagnosis (1998): 45 Current age (2015): 62 (Scroll down for 2018 update) I’ve been living... Read More
Jill’s Story: Living with mets for 12 years
Name: Jill Cohen City: Seattle Area Age at Diagnosis: 42 Age Now: 55 Subtype: ER/PR+ HER2- My philosophy? “Dum vivimus, vivamus: while... Read More
Terlisa’s Story: Getting a third chance
My name is Terlisa Sheppard and at the age of 31 and 34 weeks pregnant, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast... Read More
Bob’s Story: Accepting things as they come
In 2001, I went to the doctor because I had a lump in my breast. Although I knew that it was unlikely... Read More
Kathy’s Story: 16 years and counting
I grew up in the sixties and seventies when a root beer float (or ‘black cow’ as we call it here in... Read More
Sue: A bumpy yellow brick road
I was not surprised that I had breast cancer when I was 41, since my mother was diagnosed at the same age,... Read More
Sheila: Breathe in the darkness and exhale light
In September 1997, at the age of 56, I was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer. At the time my tumor status was... Read More
Sue: A runner who still loves being active
In 1996, on my 50th birthday, I was diagnosed with metastatic cancer to my bones. I had never had cancer. I was... Read More
Katherine Russell Rich
17 years later, stage 4 survivor is savoring a life well lived New York Times, April 26, 2010 Each year on a... Read More
Lisa: Ignore the survival statistics
In 1994, I was 28 years old and diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer. My initial treatment consisted of lumpectomy, chemotherapy, and... Read More