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Breast Cancer: Early Detection

You have a better chance of surviving breast cancer if your healthcare provider finds and treats it early, when it’s small and hasn’t spread. The best way to find breast cancer early is to be screened regularly. Screening means being checked before you have any symptoms. Screening isn’t possible for many kinds of cancer, but it is […]

Melody Blanchard: I Am So Glad I Made Time For My Mammogram

During the month of October we are sharing stories from women whose lives and experiences have been shaped by a breast cancer diagnosis. We hope these stories will help provide comfort and courage to others whose lives have been touched by cancer. In today’s world, life is so busy it is easy to lose focus […]

Wanda Norris: It Took A While To Feel Normal Again

During the month of October we are sharing stories from women whose lives and experiences have been shaped by a breast cancer diagnosis. We hope these stories will help provide comfort and courage to others whose lives have been touched by cancer. Wanda Norris credits a mammogram with saving her life and she encourages all […]

Stacy Stewart: I Am a Wife, Mother, Registered Nurse and Breast Cancer Survivor

During the month of October we are sharing stories from women whose lives and experiences have been shaped by a breast cancer diagnosis. We hope these stories will help provide comfort and courage to others whose lives have been touched by cancer. Hello, my name is Stacy Stewart. I am a wife, mother, registered nurse, […]

Sandy Speer: How Do We Get Through Something Like This?

During the month of October we are sharing stories from women whose lives and experiences have been shaped by a breast cancer diagnosis. We hope these stories will help provide comfort and courage to others whose lives have been touched by cancer. It was September 2012. My day started out as ordinary but I was […]

Peg Reinhart: The Compassionate Care I Received is Beyond Words

During the month of October we are sharing stories from women whose lives and experiences have been shaped by a breast cancer diagnosis. We hope these stories will help provide comfort and courage to others whose lives have been touched by cancer.

Pat Uphoff: I Was Always Faithful About Getting My Yearly Mammogram

During the month of October we are sharing stories from women whose lives and experiences have been shaped by a breast cancer diagnosis. We hope these stories will help provide comfort and courage to others whose lives have been touched by cancer. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in the fall of 2011 at Sarah […]

Misti Lewis: There are Never Any Guarantees in Life

During the month of October we are sharing stories from women whose lives and experiences have been shaped by a breast cancer diagnosis. We hope these stories will help provide comfort and courage to others whose lives have been touched by cancer. One of the greatest gifts Misti Lewis received from a breast cancer diagnosis […]

Kyla Zastrow: Hang In There to Those Who Are Fighting the Beast

During the month of October we are sharing stories from women whose lives and experiences have been shaped by a breast cancer diagnosis. We hope these stories will help provide comfort and courage to others whose lives have been touched by cancer.

Katie Coffey: My Life Has Forever Changed

During the month of October we are sharing stories from women whose lives and experiences have been shaped by a breast cancer diagnosis. We hope these stories will help provide comfort and courage to others whose lives have been touched by cancer. When I was 40 years old, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and […]

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