Living with MBCHello, my name is Bonnie! I have 3 grown children and 5 grandchildren - they really keep me going! They are 11, 6, 5, 4, and 3 years old. I...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Gods Got ThisMy story begins six years ago. I found a lump in my right breast. I asked my husband if he felt it too. Yes, he says. I immediately called my...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Random Musings of an MBC PatientAfter sharing her story with AdvancedBreastCancer.net, Jane also wrote down musing throughout the year 2022 about trying to be positive, treatment/medications, and finding support in different people and places. 07/17/2022...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
MBC: My New LifeA little over two years ago, I was hunting in the kitchen for a measuring cup. Disoriented, I began to search in the cupboard where I keep plates and bowls...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Firsts Were Expected; Seconds Weren'tI'm a member of the Twice Widowed by Breast Cancer Club, so I've experienced two sets of "firsts". While they shared some similarities (widow fog, lethargy, etc.), my two experiences...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
My MBC StoryHi! I’m Jane. I’m 69 years old. I have two beautiful sons who are 16 years apart. My oldest lives with his family in Virginia. He and his wife blessed...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
MBC Diagnosis Emotions, Part 1Original dx was cancer of the right breast in 2008. I decided to get a mastectomy, not a lumpectomy and radiation. Radiation 15 days in a row, people jammed together...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
3rd Time Around 😞I was diagnosed Stage 2 in 2011. Treated with chemo, then lumpectomy along with 37 zaps of radiation. Was on Anastrazole when I was diagnosed with residual cancer in that...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Stage 4 ... Just Like ThatI was 10 years out from a bilateral mastectomy. Had lobular, pleomorphic type, Stage 1, left breast. Did 5 years of anastrozole. A year ago in May, I happened to...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
My Story - Stage 1 to MBCI was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer. Lumpectomy and radiation. Lymph nodes were negative. Everything was fine. Then, my tumor markers started going up. Fast forward to I have...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Treated Differently After Her DiagnosisI'm answering for my wife since she's no longer living. When my wife was initially diagnosed, she was already at Stage 4. A PET scan revealed the breast cancer was...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
My Experience with RadiationFollowing a mastectomy due to Invasive Ductal CA that was found in my Lymph nodes -- I had 30 radiation treatments. I used Aphopor ointment the whole time, by the...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
2nd time aroundI had breast cancer on my left side 12 yrs ago, and I had 25 radiation treatments. It came back to my right side this year. I’m going to receive...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
The Four Stages of My Stage Four MBCOne night in July 2015, I went to sleep, and everything was fine. When I woke up, it was obvious that everything was not fine. My left breast was swollen...Reactions0reactionsComments9 comments
Stage I to Stage IVIn 2010 I was diagnosed with high-grade DCIS in my left breast. I was successfully treated with a lumpectomy and radiation. I did not take the tamoxifen that was suggested...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
Emotional Roller Coaster with MC Breast Cancer Beast!!My name is Tina. Ever since I was 21 or so I’ve been having cysts biopsied mainly in my left breast but some in my right. In 2008, at 41...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Still Infusing, Still ThrivingI submitted my diagnosis story in 2019. I want to talk about the last two years with metastatic breast cancer, No Evidence of Active Disease (NEAD). One reason is there...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Mari’s Fight Against Inflammatory breast cancer15 years ago my aunt fought her first battle with cancer. It was Lymphoma. Although the waiting list was extremely long she went through all the treatments needed and was...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Two wives. Two MBC diagnoses. Two tragic deaths.I married J, my first wife, in 1977. She was 20, and I was 22. Our 14-year-old daughter lost her mom three weeks before she entered her freshman year of...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
I Never Thought About Breast CancerIt was back in 2013. I noticed my left breast was very swollen. I immediately went to my doctor. I was insistent that something was wrong. He referred me to...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments