I’m a two-time cancer survivor, who was like most when I heard the news, “a death sentence”. I found out later, it was truly “an awakening” for me. I did begin asking questions, to what had I done so bad in life to have this placed upon me. But instead of bemoaning my fate, I decided to look for the positive side of it all. I also realized that I was about to face a new beginning, new hope, do and see more with a whole new prospective on life. Even with all the complications I now have to live with, and all the struggles I’ve dealt with all my life, “I’m sill living”. Who am I to complain? During my collisions with cancer (breast/colon), writing became therapy for me. All that I had to endure, gave me the strength and encouragement to write down my thoughts and I placed …

My story is simply a complicated mess. I am an LPN and I started my own little blog, I do not post nearly as often as I should but it is call BreastCancerandMurphysLaw, Google has picked it up. I guess the main reason I started a blog was so no one should ever go through what I did. Being a nurse, obviously I do not have the credentials that you have but still, a nurse. Last December I went in and had my yearly mammogram, I was diagnosed with fibricystic breasts around 1985. A week later I got the call from the clinic, the voice said that they had found a suspicious area in my left breast but could not get me back in for diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound for 2 weeks. Ok probably just a shadow or tissue that had folded over. I went in, had the repeat mammogram …

After moving to Santa Barbara last year, I heard about your blog. I was diagnosed in 2009 with breast cancer and survived through the ringer of mastectomy, chemo, radiation and seemingly every side effect known to man. You’ve done an amazing job. I just started my own blog,www.baldisbetterwithearrings.com where I’m trying to share all the hints and tips I picked up along my very bumpy road. I learned a lot during my initiation into the Cancer Club. Actually, I call it the CSC – the Cancer Sucks Club. I asked every survivor and every nurse for their tips to make my life a little easier and I’m trying to share them all. One post at a time. Good luck and stay well.

    Dear Hollye, My name is Katie Stotler, 2 years ago I underwent a bilateral mastectomy. After coming home from my surgery I had to deal many difficulties including the presence of four drains. I had purchased a camisole from a local store which I found added to my discomfort. The camisole was not only visually unappealing, but the drain pouches were too high and I had an allergic reaction to the Velcro. I decided there needed to be a better product on the market. I teamed up with a friend and spent months researching fabrics, trims, fits and since then have developed a camisole I wish I had. The Perfect Camisole, as I like to call it, has everything women would need after surgery. Our fabric choice was a soft cotton which a touch of modal that washes and wears with ease. Subtle exterior and interior pockets accommodate …

I was reading today a lot of your stories, and I realized how much some of the stories I have been reading are similar to mine. It made me very emotional and in some ways i felt very close to these women i will never meet . Sorry, my english is not very good. I am French I am 41 years old and I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in my right breast on March 17, 2011. I was nursing my daughter when i felt a lump in my right breast, I first had a bad feeling and then I thought it was a clogged milk duct. I already had this “problem” a couple of times. I tried to solve this the way I used to do, but the mass was not going, it was big and hard. So big than my husband told me first than it …

It’s very hard to share my story or to find a place where I feel I belong because when I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in my right breast on January 16, 2011, I chose to opt out of the current standard of care treatments. Instead I had two lumpectomies (a second for wider clear margins). It was hard to stay “out of the main stream” treatment. But as I left my Oncologist’s office after stating my choices, she gave me a beautiful gift. She wrote on a piece of paper “David Servan-Schreiber MD ANTICANCER: A New Way of Life” and handed it to me, saying ” if this is the path you are choosing, you will need this book.” This book changed my life, my eating style and I am alive and cancer-free today because of the choices and changes I made in February and March of …

I am a 36 yr old female who was diagnose with Breast Cancer on Feb. 15,2011. I had stage one on left and stage two on right with skin involvement and lymphnode removed on right side from involvement. I also had a double mysectomy last April and facing reconstruction in the fall.I had about 6 months of chemo and 6 weeks of radiation. I was told on March 21,2012 that there is no present signs of cancer.That was a year in waiting especially after I was told from previous Oncology dr that i will never here those words.That is because i have a very rare mutation that me and my sister got from my late father. My sister is a tyroid and breast cancer survivor also. I also am about less than a month out of radiation treatment. I have some more genetic testing to do for two more gene …