TELL US HOW DENSE BREASTS AFFECTED YOUR DIAGNOSIS
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Women's Stories
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
I am a one and half year survivor of breast cancer, with no family history of the disease. For years after my annual mammogram, I received a letter from my gynecologist, stating “normal,” but there was always a note saying, “you have dense breasts.” For a woman who works out every day doing cardio and/or…
Anne
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 courage to ask questions and protect their health. • In my 20’s I was diagnosed with fibrocystic breasts, meaning that…
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…
