Faces of Breast Cancer
Ellis Fischel Cancer Center patients share their stories
"Our 8-year-old immediately heard the word cancer, and he was just beside himself with fear. He has anxiety anyway so that adding on top of it; he was scared to death he was going to lose his mom."
Watch the Video“Triple negative breast cancer…they broke it down to me that I have a 90 percent chance of cervical or uterine cancer if I decide not to go through with [the hysterectomy]. I already won one battle so there’s no need to put myself through a second one. So any preventative state, I’m diving all in.”
Watch the Video"Courage. You have to be willing to walk in there and have those treatments that you know are going to make you sick...it’s really hard to walk in there and face that."
Watch the Video“It was the worst 11 days of my life from the day I learned that I had a breast cancer tumor until learning that it is treatable.”
Watch the Video"Life isn't fair, but it's still good. If you can't take a small step the day you're on, wake up and try it again tomorrow. That's about it. There's nothing that says you can tackle everything at once — so just keep trying."
Watch the Video“After losing everything that made me a woman…it puts me in a different place. I don’t take life for granted. I don’t take my body parts for granted. My health—I don’t take it for granted. Actually, it made me a lot stronger.”
Watch the Video“I just took every day at a time…I never once thought I wasn’t going to be okay. I never once felt like I was going the wrong path. I literally just took it and made it where I could take one step and not worry about the next day.”
Watch the Video“My first thought was ‘Oh my God, if I die, [my grandchildren] won’t remember me because they’re too young.’ And that just devastated me. So I thought, it’s not going to happen. I’m strong, and I’ll just get through it.”
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