Tell us about your breast cancer story and please also tell us what you would like women WITHOUT breast cancer to know.
You can also choose to e-mail us your story at info@densebreastscanada.ca. Photos are welcome. Thank you for sharing your story and helping to inform other women.
Témoignages
Michelle
Hi. I’m Michelle, and I’m 64 years old. I live in Ottawa, Ontario with my husband and our cat. We’re “empty nesters”, as our daughter lives with her husband and their family of cats. I’m enjoying retirement, and pursuing activities I never had the time (or energy) for when I was working full-time. My breast…
Cindy
Here I am, writing my story about being diagnosed with Stage 3 ER/PR+ Her2+ Inflammatory Breast Cancer, (a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer that occurs when malignant cells block the skin and lymph vessels of the breast), at age 39, so that I can make sure all the craziness stored in my head…
Kelsey
Hi, my name is Kelsey. I am no stranger to the impacts of cancer, having seen its effects on family as early as six years old. I work in healthcare as a surgical services clerk and genuinely enjoy my work, helping patients receive care from behind the scenes. Outside of work, I am a bird…
Krissy
My cancer dance began way back in 2009, when I was 27 years old and found out that I carried the BRCA1 gene. At the time it was overwhelming to find out my greatly increased cancer risk for both ovarian and breast cancers, but I know now that this knowledge likely saved my life. For…
Denise
I am living proof that supplemental breast cancer screening can save lives. For years, I followed all the rules – I had regular mammograms starting at age 40. I am now 52. Every single one came back ‘clear.’ But I also have type D breast tissue: extremely dense, the kind that can mask cancer on…
Lindsay
The Letter That Saved My Life At 40, I was busy. Enjoying the chaotic life as a mother who was loving up her 3 children, one who was just 2 years old, my own health wasn’t my top consideration let’s just say. My breast exam with my GP took a strange turn. Her face indicated…
Shari
My first brush with breast cancer was when I was 11 years old and my mother was diagnosed at the age of 39 after finding a lump. She was treated with a partial mastectomy and radiation therapy. Thirteen years later she passed away at the age of 52 while I was in my first term…
Janice
Hi, I’m Janice I’m Irish. I’m a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, an aunty and a friend. I work as a professor in a business school. I moved to Canada with my husband and two boys in 2019. Before that, I lived in France for 15 years, where I successfully integrated the French…
Kandis
At the age of 50 in December 2023 with a requisition for my first ever screening mammogram, 20+ years’ experience in diagnostic imaging, no symptoms (lump), and no family history of breast cancer, I arrived for my appointment without worry. I began my career as an ultrasound tech in 2002. Over the years, I have…
