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
Nicki
When I turned 40, I went to my GP and asked to be referred for a mammogram. Even though the recommended age for mammograms in Ontario is 50, I felt that I should have one because my aunt (on my mum?s side) had had breast cancer, and my doctor agreed. That mammogram was clear, my…
Andrea
It started off as a hunch. It came from anecdotal evidence?.talking to friends, speaking with fellow breast cancer survivors. As a peer supporter for Breast Cancer Action Ottawa, I hear more than the average person from women who are affected by breast cancer. It is also a common topic of conversation for me, so it…
Cynthia
J'ai survécu un an et demi à un cancer du sein, sans antécédents familiaux de la maladie. Pendant des années, après ma mammographie annuelle, j'ai reçu une lettre de mon gynécologue indiquant que tout était normal, mais il y avait toujours une note disant "vous avez des seins denses". Pour une femme qui s'entraîne tous les jours en faisant du cardio et/ou...
In Memory: Anne
We are saddened to learn that Anne passed away in December 2023. Here is her story in her own words: I was diagnosed with bilateral lobular breast cancer in May 2019, but my story starts long before that. I can?t turn back time, but I hope that my story will give other women information, the…
Catherine
Mon histoire a commencé à l'âge de 24 ans : j'ai découvert ce que je pensais être une grosseur dans mon sein droit. Je pensais que ce n'était pas grave, d'autant plus que j'ai fait ce que nous faisons tous dans un moment de panique : j'ai cherché sur Google ce que cela pouvait être. Je ne me sentais pas trop inquiète et...
Sharon
In 2013, I figured out I had dense breasts, but didn?t understand what that meant. Every time I went for a mammogram, they were always suspicious of a spot on the lower inside quadrant of my right breast. They couldn?t see it very well, so they always did another scan. Somehow I understood that mammograms…
Mi-Jung
I didn?t want to tell our sons because I knew I would start crying and that would scare them. But I could see the fear in their eyes anyway when my husband calmly explained that their mom had breast cancer.They were 13 and 15. In 2013, after I discovered a lump in my left breast,…
Trisha
Every time I think about the destiny that was planned for me by a healthcare system I trusted, the words of an Ed Sheeran song play in my head, ?Memories of a life that?s been loved?but mum, there?s a tear every time that I blink?oh, I?m in pieces, it?s tearing me up, but I know…
Kathy
Looking back now, I credit the Algonquin Hotel in St. Andrews, New Brunswick for helping me find my breast cancer. I was attending a conference at the hotel and gearing up for a busy day when I hopped in the shower. The hotel showers do not have those puffs that I use at home to…
