Doris Ann: LIVING with MBC
Each morning when I awaken, I gratefully take center stage in the theater of my life — celebrating the unique and priceless... Read More
Eloise: NED (no evidence of disease) since 2007
I was a very young child when breast cancer first affected my life. My mother was diagnosed with the disease in her... Read More
Vera’s Story: Learning to Fight
Vera Bierend Canyon Country, CA Subtype: ER/PR+; HER2- Age at diagnosis: 44 Age at metastatic recurrence: 53 Age now: 56 Metastatic breast... Read More
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