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.
Stories
Cynthia
As an extremely active, healthy and ‘young’ 42-year-old single woman, I felt nothing could stop me. That changed when I read the words on my online Alberta Health portal: Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, at that moment, my entire world came crumbling down. I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 42 years old in October 2023, but…
Lori
I am thrilled that breast density is now receiving the attention it deserves! When I noticed something “not right” with my right breast in early 2007 and was sent for my very first mammogram at age 45, the only time I’d ever heard the term “dense breasts” was from a co-worker and friend of mine.…
Mary
In February 2022, on a cold winter’s day I was walking my dog in the park, when I felt an irritation in my left breast. When I put my hand on the breast, I could feel a lump through my very puffy down filled coat. I received my last mammogram through the Ontario Breast Screening…
Ginette
I am a wife of a caring husband, a mother of 3 amazing grown sons and a “belle-maman” of their kind-hearted partners and a soon-to-be “mamie”. I am a Communications Director and now live in Saint-Simon after living nearly 20 years in Ottawa and also many years in Quispamsis and Moncton. I am a mentor…
Julie
How Screening at 40 could have changed my story…. My name is Julie. I live in Ontario with my husband and our 2 amazing kids, ages 19 and 16. I am a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a cousin, a friend, a high school math and science teacher, and in February…
Victoria
How dense breast tissue almost cost me my life – Victoria McGlone Yes, you read that correctly. At just 37 years old, having not even heard the term “dense breast tissue” before, I found myself hearing the four words that would change my life forever. “You have breast cancer.” I remember finding a small lump…
Cheryl
Dear Minister Holland, As a patient who has been negatively impacted by difficulties accessing a mammogram in Canada due to task force guidelines, I would like to thank you for your care and your words on this issue. Hearing you speak truth and the value placed on the lives of young women had me feeling…
Fiona
My name is Fiona. I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma in January of 2023 at 47 years old. My story starts on the evening of December 3rd, 2022, when I happened to see a Facebook post from a dear friend stating she had just had her yearly mammogram, and how important prevention…
Missy
About me: I grew up in Burlington, Ontario, one of 4 girls. Our family had no history of breast cancer -until me. I am an artist by training. For the last number of years, I’ve created dance wear for children participating in competitive dance. My breast cancer story: In 2018, shortly after moving to Ottawa,…
