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
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…
Heather
I did everything right. I followed the guidelines. I trusted the system. And yet, I was failed. I’m Heather Brister, a 48-year-old kindergarten teacher, mother of three, and now, a breast cancer survivor—though that word barely covers the sheer hell I’ve endured over the past few years. It all started in May 2021 when I…
Liz
One-year post breast-conserving surgery, and I want to share my story. My breast care journey began nearly 40 years ago when, in my mid-twenties, I discovered a lump in my breast. After having it removed, I anxiously awaited the results—thankfully, it was a benign cyst. Over the next decade, I underwent two more cyst removals…
Heather
I thought I would share here so others would as well. I’m 44, but I was 43 when I found my lump in my right breast. I live in Manitoba. Every year my best friend and I go on a girls’ trip, and last year’s trip in November was to Portugal. It was 3 days…
Joy
ABOUT ME: Hello, I’m Joy, a 57-year-old Southern California native, proud mother of two adult children, coffee lover, and breast cancer survivor. After spending 35 years in the San Diego sun, my Canadian-born husband was ready to return to his beloved hometown of Montreal, and I was 100% on board. Two years ago, we sold…
Sara
My story began just over a year ago. While breastfeeding my daughter who was 16 months old, I noticed a lump in my left breast and along with the lump, I was extremely tired but more a feeling of fatigue with very little energy. I lost my mom to breast cancer and despite natural changes…
Vassi
My name is Vassi Talampassi, and I am 50 years old. I was born and raised in Greece, but have lived in Windsor, Ontario since 2004. I am a mother, wife and the owner/artist behind Charisma. I am a breast cancer warrior and a survivor of the unfairness of life. It was Friday March 12th…
Robina
In June 2023, just three months after adopting my daughter, at the age of 45, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), hormone receptor-positive and HER2-negative. It was a typical Thursday morning when I checked my biopsy results on the hospital portal. The news left me in complete disbelief. For years, I had followed…
