Back to About us Home About us Personal stories Select filters 0 Mental wellbeing Treatment tips Secondary breast cancer Body image Family and relationships Getting support Younger women Volunteering Fundraising Breast Cancer Voices Apply Filters 440 results 2 months after being told I was cancer-free, I discovered I had secondary breast cancer Breast Cancer Now did so much to help me physically and mentally through my treatment Chemotherapy took so much from me, but I’ve found a way to take back control Having breast cancer has given me a new zest for life My secondary breast cancer was misdiagnosed as a chest infection After being part of a medical trial, I now help to approve future clinical trials for breast cancer patients Waiting for reconstruction has been hard, but I’ve got through it with humour I used to think I was a victim of secondary breast cancer, now I see myself thriving A year after a clear mammogram, I had grade 3 cancer in my breast and lymph nodes Being diagnosed with breast cancer while supporting a young family changed everything It took 6 months for doctors to diagnose me with secondary breast cancer I put off seeing a doctor because I believed that breast cancer was incurable I hid my breast cancer diagnosis for years, but now I’m speaking out to help others Getting breast cancer led me back into writing and onto a new career path I took on a 100k running challenge while undergoing chemotherapy Having cancer 4 times over 17 years has given me a greater awareness of life We turn our golf green into a sea of pink once a year for Breast Cancer Now I had to learn to be my own advocate when I had breast cancer We shouldn’t think of breast cancer as a woman’s disease After losing two loved ones and developing breast cancer myself, I wanted to educate others Having secondary breast cancer does not make me brave, but I have been able to live well with my diagnosis Volunteering helps the people I work with, but it's also been invaluable to me People with secondary breast cancer can still live a relatively normal life Losing my hair and my breast at 24 made me feel so alien Before my diagnosis, I was terrified of developing breast cancer Waiting to know what type of cancer I had left me completely terrified Breast cancer stripped me of everything, but I felt born again Getting breast cancer at 26 has turned my life upside down I was always the caregiver in my family. When I got breast cancer, I had to learn how to be cared for My wife was given 6 months to live the same month we found out our daughter was pregnant After my cancer diagnosis, I started a care package charity for people in treatment When our older sister passed away from breast cancer, we wanted to do something in her memory Being diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age made it hard to find support I regret my breast reconstruction decision, and I want other women to know their options After my breast cancer diagnosis, I needed a place to share my difficult thoughts Nobody talks about feeling self-conscious about your body after breast cancer I've had to go through a lot of treatment on my own, but I feel really positive It took time, but I have now accepted breast cancer as part of my story Opting for a double mastectomy was one of the hardest decisions of my life I may have secondary breast cancer, but hope keeps me going For the first time since my secondary diagnosis, I am being relentlessly kind to myself There is still room for hope with a secondary breast cancer diagnosis After brain surgery and chemotherapy, I have gained appreciation for what I am capable of I needed emergency surgery after my secondary symptoms were ignored for so long When I had a recurrence, I was forced to face my greatest fear I wanted to create a magazine to empower women of colour with cancer Even with secondary breast cancer, I am still able to feel ‘normal’ Cancer made me realise who my true friends were As a widow, my first thoughts when I was diagnosed were for my children I was working as a palliative care nurse when I found out I had secondary breast cancer Previous 1 ... 5 ... 9 Next
After being part of a medical trial, I now help to approve future clinical trials for breast cancer patients
Having secondary breast cancer does not make me brave, but I have been able to live well with my diagnosis
I was always the caregiver in my family. When I got breast cancer, I had to learn how to be cared for
