A GivStory by Marilyn | Illinois

In late July 2004 I was informed after a standard / annual mammogram and immediate sonogram that I had a colloid carcinoma in one breast.  It was biopsied within a few days and was found to be malignant. The strange thing about this situation was that I was not due for this mammogram that month.  I asked for it to be done early so at my next appt. I would be able to hear the results and not have to wait out this process. I feel there were angels around me whispering in my ear to start this process in the summertime instead of autumn that year. 

The three weeks of waiting for the lumpectomy surgery were truly the worst moments of this experience.  Then after 2 more weeks of healing, I had to endure another surgery (using the same incision area) for a follow up surgery to clear the margins of cancer cells.I was one of the fortunate few who (continue reading…)

A GivStory by Debbie  | Michigan

I was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer on my Husbands 50th birthday, Aug 12,2006. I had just turned 46,three days before.Wow and what a shock. I had cancer in both breast, but not the same cancer. Your mind does a fast track to hell and back but then you put the hard hat on and dig in.  Before a month had gone by, I had approximately six different test and or scans and a double mastectomy. I had surgery on  a Tuesday and was released on Thursday. Yuck, the ride home was very painful and of course you know my wonderful husband hit all the bumps. For about two weeks my husband turned into a nurse who (continue reading…)