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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!

• Success Stories!

  1,439 Posts 67,088 Views

  Created by: Carmelle on Jun 23, 2003 02:41PM

  Latest post: Dec 1, 2018 09:03PM by Nico1012

• Inspiring Stories From BCO Members

  1 Posts 16 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Oct 17, 2018 05:41AM

  Latest post: Oct 17, 2018 05:41AM by Moderators

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

  10 Posts 508 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Mar 5, 2014 11:26PM

  Latest post: Jun 2, 2018 09:13PM by EMH525

• Share Your Survivorship Story

  1 Posts 116 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Sep 19, 2015 05:29PM

  Latest post: Sep 19, 2015 05:29PM by Moderators

• My Story of having breast cancer and fasting (Valter Longo)

  8 Posts 107 Views

  Created by: mylongevitydiet on Nov 28, 2018 05:45PM

  Latest post: Dec 4, 2018 02:13PM by santabarbarian

• Lucy Thurston

  1 Posts 15 Views

  Created by: MCBaker on Nov 6, 2018 06:45PM

  Latest post: Nov 6, 2018 06:45PM by MCBaker

• Could lymph node positive survivors share their story?

  110 Posts 9,299 Views

  Created by: Rachel1 on Apr 23, 2011 11:41PM

  Latest post: Oct 17, 2018 08:55AM by nowheregirl

• My Wife's Breast Cancer Success Story

  36 Posts 1,539 Views

  Created by: Waynejay on Jun 2, 2009 02:05PM

  Latest post: Jul 10, 2018 09:52PM by edwards750

• ​When the breast surgeon gets breast cancer

  15 Posts 318 Views

  Created by: Traveltext on Feb 13, 2018 02:41PM

  Latest post: Feb 17, 2018 03:40PM by edwards750

• Long Term BC Survivors

  47 Posts 3,746 Views

  Created by: Jellydonut on Apr 30, 2008 06:40PM

  Latest post: Jan 8, 2018 11:43AM by dogsandjogs

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

  77 Posts 4,050 Views

  Created by: Youngwithbc on Jun 12, 2013 10:59AM

  Latest post: Dec 12, 2017 09:00PM by Rrobin0200

• Check this out--survivor is now 90 yrs old!

  5 Posts 146 Views

  Created by: swg on Oct 26, 2017 10:34PM

  Latest post: Oct 27, 2017 09:55AM by swg

• Short Film Screening about bc in young adults in DC This Sun

  1 Posts 48 Views

  Created by: caligirl2 on Oct 18, 2017 05:32PM

  Latest post: Oct 18, 2017 05:32PM by caligirl2

• Yoga and Breast Cancer

  2 Posts 66 Views

  Created by: lilbill on Oct 5, 2017 11:32AM

  Latest post: Oct 5, 2017 11:41AM by Moderators

• inspiring story with a breast cancer connection

  2 Posts 87 Views

  Created by: rainnyc on Sep 17, 2017 07:06AM

  Latest post: Sep 18, 2017 07:14AM by Tara17

• TNBC Survivor's Round-Trip Channel Crossing

  1 Posts 42 Views

  Created by: Icietla on Aug 26, 2017 06:25PM

  Latest post: Aug 26, 2017 06:25PM by Icietla

• It Will Have To Wait - A poem

  3 Posts 68 Views

  Created by: Dani_fd on Aug 3, 2017 01:15PM

   

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

  366 Posts 13,810 Views

  Created by: ToriGirl on Sep 7, 2011 06:04PM

  Latest post: Jul 18, 2017 09:10PM by bcincolorado

• Looking for stories that have touched your heart !

  4 Posts 87 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Jan 9, 2015 11:25AM

  Latest post: Feb 21, 2017 11:28AM by cliff

• Any high Ki67 survivor stories out there?

  39 Posts 2,138 Views

  Created by: jenlee on Mar 2, 2012 02:43PM

  Latest post: Feb 16, 2017 03:58PM by yodez75

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

  20 Posts 641 Views

  Created by: lynzee3237 on May 28, 2014 10:05AM

  Latest post: Dec 30, 2016 12:51PM by NYCexec

• Any long term lumpectomy survivors?

  46 Posts 1,799 Views

  Created by: duff0015 on Mar 27, 2008 05:07PM

  Latest post: Dec 22, 2016 08:02AM by ruthbru

• BBC Women 2016 Kokoro Cancer Blog

  2 Posts 55 Views

  Created by: Jelson on Nov 24, 2016 12:31PM

   

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

  20 Posts 654 Views

  Created by: RoxanneNJ31 on Jul 10, 2006 11:51AM

  Latest post: Nov 1, 2016 06:40AM by Lolis

• Cold caps success on the news!

  2 Posts 76 Views

  Created by: tshire on Oct 12, 2016 10:14AM

  Latest post: Oct 12, 2016 11:55AM by Moderators

• Permanent Hairloss-Taxotere

  60 Posts 2,231 Views

  Created by: shirleyl on Aug 17, 2009 06:01AM

  Latest post: Aug 9, 2016 09:08AM by tracy77

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

  2 Posts 147 Views

  Created by: cp418 on Jul 29, 2016 04:34PM

  Latest post: Jul 30, 2016 09:23AM by Jelson

• Poetry....

  2 Posts 47 Views

  Created by: laure999 on Jul 5, 2016 05:42PM

  Latest post: Jul 8, 2016 07:06AM by goodprognosis

• Hodgkins Lymphoma and BC

  37 Posts 767 Views

  Created by: TennesseeMichele on Mar 16, 2008 10:49PM

  Latest post: May 24, 2016 07:46PM by Moderators

• HONY - Humans of New York and Brandon

  1 Posts 54 Views

  Created by: cb123 on May 16, 2016 09:18AM

  Latest post: May 16, 2016 09:18AM by cb123