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Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
edited April 2015 in Acknowledging and honoring our Community

Hello to our wonderful community!

We are working on our next Acknowledging Our Community Members feature and are hoping you can help.

We are looking to feature members who also share a breast cancer diagnosis -- not necessarily the same diagnosis -- with another member of their family (sister, mother, daughter, cousin, aunt, grandmother, etc.) and how the sharing of that diagnosis has impacted your life -- any pleasant surprises? Lessons learned? Inspiration received? Tell us your story to help inspire others.

If you'd like to share your story, please send us a PM or email us at community@breastcancer.org, and include a picture of either yourself or something that represents you to include with your story.

Thank you so much for considering to participate! Your story will help inspire and and bring hope to many others!

--The Mods

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2015

    Bump! Does anyone have a story they can share? Please send via PM!

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  • Jenwith4kids
    Jenwith4kids Member Posts: 635
    edited March 2015

    I just PM'd the moderators.....

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  • Jenwith4kids
    Jenwith4kids Member Posts: 635
    edited March 2015

    A note from my sister to me last October as I finished radiation and she continued herceptin, "Thank you for helping me find laughter through the stress and hope through the tears. Having your sister say "I know" and know she really means it meant the world to me (still does)."


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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2015

    Jen your story is amazing and we can't wait to share it! Thank you for participating!

    We'd love to get some more stories -- Everyone, please send in your submissions ASAP -- we'll be featuring them in our April Newsletter!


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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2015

    BUMP!

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  • DaLyA08
    DaLyA08 Member Posts: 4
    edited March 2015

    I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer stage III in December 2013, five years after my oldest sister was diagnosed with ER+ PR+ HER2 - . I found my big lump in September. It grew fast and ended up with two instead of one and lymph node involvement. She got lumpectomy and radiation therapy. I got all the works: chemo, surgery and radiation. I finished treatment at the end of December 2014. My sister and I happened to have control checkups at the same time in February. She got a lump she felt in her healthy breast biopsied and the the biopsy came back as IDC grade II. I got my MRI yesterday and there is a 7cm mass on the chest wall and is compromising my right lung as far as I understand these medical terms.We get our results in Spanish since we live in Colombia. By the way, I moved back from Naples, FL.in 2010 to my hometown because of my sister's diagnosis. I wanted to be with my family.Tomorrow we have an appointment with the same surgeon to get ready for the second fight. Surprisingly, I have taken this possible recurrence more easily than my first one. My sister has been very strong throughout the process. I never thought for a minute that we would be going through this together. We even share the same oncologists. When she got her second diagnosis, I told our family. I have not shared my MRI results with them yet. Want to wait for more details from the doc. This website kept me going through my first treatment and my ups and downs. You are all great!!!!

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2015

    DaYaA08

    Thank you so much for sharing your story so far with us and for letting us feature it.

    Please do keep us updated on how you and your sister getting on

    Hugs and best wishes to both of you,

    The mods

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2015

    DaYaA08, would you be willing to send us a photo of yourself and sister or something that represents your relationship, to feature along with your story? You can send to us via PM or by emailing community@breastcancer.org.

    Thanks so much!

    --the Mods

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  • DaLyA08
    DaLyA08 Member Posts: 4
    edited March 2015

    This is my sister and I at my niece's birthday party this past February one week before Carnival festivities,which are celebrated in Barranquilla around the same date as Mardi Grass. That is my excuse for wearing the funny hat. By the way, my surgeon decided to have my results checked again. He calle the chief radiologist and asked him to take a look at the images once again. He thinks it might be a seroma. Anyway, he asked his colleague to take a look at the results and biopsy the mass or whatever it is. Crossing my fingers. My sis is getting ready for more tests and an appointment with the clinical oncologist. Will keep you updated.image

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2015

    Thanks DaLya08 for the update and wonderful photo.

    We're looking forward to featuring these :-)

    The mods

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2015

    Bump for more stories! Please PM the Mods with what you'd like to share :)

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    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2015

    Bump! Anyone?

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    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2015

    Bump!


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    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited April 2015

    Bump!

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  • bluepearl
    bluepearl Member Posts: 961
    edited April 2015

    I was diagnosed in 2011 with er/pr+ her- breast cancer, stage one....and again in 2013, same type only less than 1 cm and grade 3. Both times I had asked my sister to get a mammogram as she was at risk. She didn't because she was too afraid. In 2014, 9 months after our Dad passed away, my sister was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with metastatic spinal cord compression from an advanced breast cancer. It was all devastating and she almost died from respiratory failure. Three and a half months in the hospital and she can walk aided, but still needs a wheelchair, remains independent and strong, and we share our time together with lots of love and laughter. My sister's breast cancer was 4 cm, grade 2, but had progressed to lymph nodes in her arm and neck. All I can say is PLEASE get your mammograms!!!! Perhaps it may not have helped my sister, but then again, maybe it would have and we would be planning a long future ahead of us together. But, no one is guaranteed tomorrow, and we just have to do what we feel is best for us., and live life as if each day is a gift, because that is exactly what it is!!!

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited April 2015

    Thanks BluePearl for sharing! Sending you a PM now!

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited April 2015

    Thank you for all of the contributions! We've created the latest Acknowledging Our Community Members feature on Members Who Share a Cancer Diagnosis With a Family Member.

    Check it out!

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