When I found a lump in my breast one evening before going to bed, it knocked me to my knees. My husband had encouraged me to visit our family physician that week because of how…

In January of 2021, I received a phone call that I had to return for another mammogram and possibly an ultrasound. I have been going for my mammograms for a long time. I never missed…

We should probably start at the beginning: It was December 2019 when I felt the lump in my breast. My gynecologist told me I would be too young for breast cancer as I was only…

On January 31, 2019, I heard my doctor say, “you have breast cancer”. Say what? My eyes were wide open and filling with tears. This couldn’t be true. I had recently turned 40 and was…

On June 10th, 2021, I went in for my routine mammogram. First thing in the morning on June 11th, I received a call from the hospital advising that further diagnostics were required as there was…

J'ai demandé à mon médecin généraliste, “À quel moment dois-je commencer le dépistage du cancer du sein ?” J'approchais de mon 40e anniversaire et je me suis dit qu'un examen médical complet était probablement quelque chose qui devrait être envisagé. Mon

I was 27 years old, studying abroad in Hong Kong, and living on campus. My alma mater was back home in the Netherlands. I felt a lump and ignored it at first, until I felt…

Il y a environ 6 mois, à l’âge de 41 ans, j’ai eu ma première mammographie. J’habite sur l'Île du Prince-Édouard (IPE) et j’avais entendu parler du Programme provincial de dépistage du cancer du sein disponible à toute femme

En février 2019, j’ai trouvé une petite masse de la taille d’un pois cassé dans mon sein. Puisque j’avais 46 ans et que je n’étais donc pas éligible pour