Most stories start with Hello, my name is…I’ve got breast cancer. The beginnings all look the same. The testimonials are touching, emotional and very human. Details vary from one story to another. They share a common idea, a common disease and the same desire to fight it and win the battle. Some of them manage to do that and survive the illness, others are not so lucky and the cancer wins over their body and their life. Patients dealing with the disease, survivors, family and friends of victims reunite. Their purpose is to tell the world how to fight, how to cope, how to accept breast cancer and how to go on living your life.

The first story is about a survivor. Her name is Christina and she had cancer. The awful news came one week after the birth of her forth child. After one month Christina went through a reconstructive surgery and a bi lateral mastectomy. It was the week before Christmas. In medical terms the lymph nodes presented no cancer. Christina didn’t have to go through radiation because everything was removed during the operation. However, chemotherapy followed after surgery recovery. Family, friends, relatives helped her through this exhausting period the intervention.


Chemotherapy was a drag and Christina confesses that her husband made her go by carrying her to the car every time she has a session. She started to look at God in search of that promise of life that now seemed so fragile. After a six months efforts, and many chemo sessions Christina put an end to treatment. Two years later the moments seem far and far away. They belong to a distant past which she tries to leave behind.

Another touching breast cancer personal story is signed by Sherry. In 2004 doctors told her that she had three more months to live. This was due to an advanced breast cancer. The news gave her existence a new and weird twist. To know you have only three months to live is beyond any nightmare. Sherry started to see things differently around her. She became “selfish”. The things she now did were only for her good being. She goes to spa; she plants flowers and takes care of her garden. Suddenly, the oncologist started to give her good news.


The tumor marker in the blood tests was coming down with every month passing. Christmas came, January came, February came and Sherry was feeling better and better. Then something awful happened and the disease returned. It was bad news after so many months of positive results. Sherry is taken a little bit back. She sees these results as a death sentence. In the end optimism gains some ground and her thoughts say everything will be ok if she tries harder.

All these breast cancer personal stories have an amazing power. Every author sends the readers some of her inner feelings. If you stumble on such a story then treat them with the respect they deserve.