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Forum: Biographies and Inspiring Stories

Share your personal story, diagnosis, and treatment path, and stories of survival, hope, and success to encourage and inspire others!

• Share Your Survivorship Story

  1 Posts 58 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Sep 19, 2015 03:29PM

  Latest post: Sep 19, 2015 03:29PM by Moderators

• Success Stories!

  1,366 Posts 60,295 Views

  Created by: Carmelle on Jun 23, 2003 12:41PM

  Latest post: Jun 20, 2017 10:00AM by pure0323

• BCO members for 10 or more years - read their inspiring stories!

  1 Posts 287 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Mar 5, 2014 09:26PM

  Latest post: Mar 5, 2014 09:26PM by Moderators

• My message after 5 years...

  11 Posts 272 Views

  Created by: MammaRay on Jun 1, 2017 03:14PM

  Latest post: Jun 7, 2017 07:43PM by MammaRay

• Could lymph node positive survivors share their story?

  105 Posts 8,319 Views

  Created by: Rachel1 on Apr 23, 2011 09:41PM

  Latest post: Jun 6, 2017 08:06PM by Lissee

• "The most ENCOURAGING things said to you during your journey"

  349 Posts 12,871 Views

  Created by: ToriGirl on Sep 7, 2011 04:04PM

  Latest post: May 22, 2017 11:34AM by bcincolorado

• Looking for stories that have touched your heart !

  4 Posts 56 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Jan 9, 2015 09:25AM

  Latest post: Feb 21, 2017 09:28AM by cliff

• Any high Ki67 survivor stories out there?

  39 Posts 1,818 Views

  Created by: jenlee on Mar 2, 2012 12:43PM

  Latest post: Feb 16, 2017 01:58PM by yodez75

• Big Weekend! 10 year survivor and now a Doctor!

  20 Posts 575 Views

  Created by: lynzee3237 on May 28, 2014 08:05AM

  Latest post: Dec 30, 2016 10:51AM by NYCexec

• Any long term lumpectomy survivors?

  46 Posts 1,632 Views

  Created by: duff0015 on Mar 27, 2008 03:07PM

  Latest post: Dec 22, 2016 06:02AM by ruthbru

• BBC Women 2016 Kokoro Cancer Blog

  2 Posts 18 Views

  Created by: Jelson on Nov 24, 2016 10:31AM

  Latest post: Dec 16, 2016 05:15AM by fanbrits

• Breast Cancer at 31!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  20 Posts 569 Views

  Created by: RoxanneNJ31 on Jul 10, 2006 09:51AM

  Latest post: Nov 1, 2016 04:40AM by Lolis

• Cold caps success on the news!

  2 Posts 22 Views

  Created by: tshire on Oct 12, 2016 08:14AM

  Latest post: Oct 12, 2016 09:55AM by Moderators

• Any survivors out there diagnosed at a young age???

  74 Posts 3,444 Views

  Created by: Youngwithbc on Jun 12, 2013 08:59AM

  Latest post: Aug 19, 2016 11:35PM by Eibra

• Permanent Hairloss-Taxotere

  60 Posts 2,137 Views

  Created by: shirleyl on Aug 17, 2009 04:01AM

  Latest post: Aug 9, 2016 07:08AM by tracy77

• She had Stage 4 BC. They Said He Was Too Old With Issues.

  2 Posts 94 Views

  Created by: cp418 on Jul 29, 2016 02:34PM

  Latest post: Jul 30, 2016 07:23AM by Jelson

• Poetry....

  2 Posts 18 Views

  Created by: laure999 on Jul 5, 2016 03:42PM

  Latest post: Jul 8, 2016 05:06AM by goodprognosis

• Hodgkins Lymphoma and BC

  37 Posts 686 Views

  Created by: TennesseeMichele on Mar 16, 2008 08:49PM

  Latest post: May 24, 2016 05:46PM by Moderators

• HONY - Humans of New York and Brandon

  1 Posts 21 Views

  Created by: cb123 on May 16, 2016 07:18AM

  Latest post: May 16, 2016 07:18AM by cb123

• Survivors not on these boards

  12 Posts 417 Views

  Created by: Honeytagh on Jan 18, 2016 08:18AM

  Latest post: Mar 22, 2016 05:34PM by funthing42

• Younger Survivors?

  133 Posts 3,903 Views

  Created by: JMShaddock on Feb 25, 2003 01:55AM

  Latest post: Mar 3, 2016 12:28PM by Carmelle

• Diagnosed Oct. 2015 - My journey (to be continued)

  2 Posts 52 Views

  Created by: brithael on Oct 22, 2015 04:41PM

  Latest post: Oct 22, 2015 05:09PM by marijen

• Missing A Significant Family Member

  14 Posts 357 Views

  Created by: SlowDeepBreaths on Jan 31, 2014 02:22PM

  Latest post: Oct 20, 2015 07:43PM by SlowDeepBreaths

• Her stage 4 breast cancer spread to her lungs--she was dying

  6 Posts 761 Views

  Created by: ConchitasHubby on May 24, 2013 02:09AM

  Latest post: Oct 7, 2015 02:54PM by dlb823

• NEW HOPE FOR ALL,..

  1 Posts 60 Views

  Created by: akihiko on Oct 2, 2015 12:41PM

  Latest post: Oct 2, 2015 12:41PM by akihiko

• Long Term BC Survivors

  44 Posts 3,271 Views

  Created by: Jellydonut on Apr 30, 2008 04:40PM

  Latest post: Aug 2, 2015 11:49PM by Suladog

• The Honest Body Project "1 in 8" by Natalie Mccain.

  1 Posts 49 Views

  Created by: MizMimi on Jul 16, 2015 08:34PM

  Latest post: Jul 16, 2015 08:34PM by MizMimi

• Things I Wish I Were Told When I Was Diagnosed With Cancer

  28 Posts 1,560 Views

  Created by: PhunkyM on Jul 1, 2012 10:05PM

  Latest post: Jun 29, 2015 06:18PM by skiff

• My resident doctor, my new hero who inspires...

  1 Posts 71 Views

  Created by: NATSGSG on May 25, 2015 11:17AM

  Latest post: May 25, 2015 11:17AM by NATSGSG

• 12 years Today

  8 Posts 410 Views

  Created by: Carmelle on Mar 6, 2015 11:55AM

  Latest post: Mar 26, 2015 03:04PM by ann273