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Women's Stories

Trisha

April 22, 2019
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...
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Kathy

April 21, 2019
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...
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Cinda

April 3, 2019
I was diagnosed in early July 2017.  I was 51 years old, a police officer, wife and busy mother of a 15-year-old daughter.  I didn’t have time for cancer.  6...
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Annie

March 31, 2019
I had my first mammogram at age 40. I didn’t have a family history of breast cancer, I was young and healthy, so when the results came back normal, I...
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Ann

March 30, 2019
I first learned that I had dense breasts in 1999. I was just 36 years old and I found a lump in my right breast. After my first-ever mammogram, I...
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Barbara

March 21, 2019
I used to walk by a local park with a picturesque section devoted to breast cancer survivors with a feeling of empathy for these women and a sense of relief...
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Joy

March 21, 2019
Hi my name is Joy Veinot and I am from the beautiful south shore of Nova Scotia. I was diagnosed with stage 2A invasive ducal carcinoma July of 2013 at...
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Joscelyn

March 21, 2019
My message to women who have dense breast tissue is to ensure your health care team is aware of the information on this website. In my case, a screening mammogram...
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Misha

March 21, 2019
I found a malignant, triple negative tumour in my breast in 2012, at age 49, a few weeks after receiving an all clear letter from the mammography program I’d been...
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