Breast Cancer Testimonies

Latasha’s Breast Cancer Story

In May 2018, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Inflammatory Breast Cancer. I had to receive chemotherapy and radiology. Afterwards, I had to immediately have a mastectomy on my left breast. In May 2021, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC), which is...

Zakirah’s Breast Cancer Story

My name is Zakirah Archable and my story began last year. The year 2023 will forever be etched in my mind; I was diagnosed with breast cancer one week before my 32nd birthday! Yes, breast cancer has been a visitor in my body, but I...

Terri’s Breast Cancer Story

My name is Terri Wade and I have had breast issues since I was a young girl. At the age of 9, I had to have a 10cm benign mass removed from my left breast. Throughout my teenage and adult years, I had numerous biopsies...

MiMi’s Breast Cancer Story

A native of Washington, D.C, I was diagnosed at age of 34 in 2015 with Aggressive Stage 3B Invasive Breast Cancer, and a 30% chance of survival. I did the opposite of giving up. I persevered and pushed forward. After chemo, radiation, surgeries, endless medications,...

Angela’s Breast Cancer Story

My name is Angela and I’m 39 years old. The first time that I was diagnosed with breast cancer was on 03/09/2020. Sadly, I received this news one day after my birthday. I had 6 chemotherapies from April 2020 until August 2020, and then my...

Jazmine’s Breast Cancer Story

When I was diagnosed with Stage 2 TNBC, my entire world came to a halt. I was just 29 years old, a wife, and a mother, working as an ICU RN, and had just started my own business. As every thriver would say, I didn’t...

Shar’s Breast Cancer Story

Hi, my name is Shar Schmidt and I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Triple Negative Breast Cancer in 2017. I’m also BRCA1+. I did 16 rounds of chemotherapy, had a bilateral mastectomy, and 33 sessions of radiation therapy. In 2019, I had a complete hysterectomy to...

Asiyah’s Breast Cancer Story

In May of 2023, I was diagnosed with Stage 1A Invasive Ductal Carcinoma in my left breast while I was 4 1/2 months pregnant… I was told everything would be okay and I would have a lumpectomy when I was 26 weeks pregnant. A team decided...

Tifanie’s Breast Cancer Story

I'm Tifanie Hudson, breast cancer survivor, from Albany, GA. In 2019, I got a breast reduction. But not the traditional one you would think of. Late November, I discovered a lump in my right breast. I immediately schedule an appt with my Primary Care Doctor....

Tisha’s Breast Cancer Story

My cancer journey began when I was diagnosed with Stage 1A ER+/PR+ Invasive Ductal Carcinoma on January 5, 2023, at the age of 33. To my knowledge, I had no family history of breast cancer, so my surgical options started as lumpectomy or mastectomy. Once...