In February 2019, I found a small lump – the size of a split pea – in my breast. I wasn’t particularly worried as I was only 46, which doesn’t even qualify me for a…

In April 2020, I found a lump in my breast. Because of the global pandemic, I couldn’t see my family physician in person so I went to urgent care instead. When the doctor saw me,…

When the radiologist came into the room carrying a biopsy tray, I was hit by a sense of dread as I was not expecting to see it or him. While preparing a biopsy needle, the…

I found a lump in my right breast Feb 2019. The mammogram did not indicate it the day I went. I had dense breasts. My GP had requested an ultrasound along with the mammogram. The…

Clare was diagnosed bilateral breast cancer at the age of 50. I started having yearly mammograms at the age of 41 due to my significant family history. These were always reported as clear. I was…

Breast cancer was always something that hung over my head as my grandmother passed away from the disease in her 50s in the 1990’s. Despite this, my doctor did not recommend any earlier scans or…

Quand j’ai eu 40 ans, je suis allée voir mon médecin généraliste pour me faire prescrire une mammographie. Même si l’âge recommandé pour les mammographies en Ontario est de 50 ans, je ressentais le besoin d’en faire une

Tout a commencé par une intuition. Cela provenait de preuves anecdotiques… Des discussions avec des amies et d’autres survivantes du cancer du sein. En tant que partenaire qui offre son soutien à Breast Cancer Action Ottawa, j’entends parler des femmes touchées par le cancer du sein plus que la moyenne.

Cela fait un an et demi que je suis une survivante du cancer du sein, sans antécédents familiaux de la maladie. Pendant des années, après ma mammographie annuelle, je recevais une lettre de mon gynécologue qui disait normal