Hormone Therapy: 278 Real Stories
278 stories match hormone therapy. 238 of them mention surgery.
Stage II Breast Cancer: Lan’s Patient Story
Lan sought medical care after finding a hard, painful breast lump and was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. Her doctor discussed a 90% five-year survival estimate. The diagnosis brought fear, grief, confusion, and a sense of vulnerability. Lan underwent…
Read this storyStage II Breast Cancer: Maiv’s Patient Story
Maiv noticed a slightly raised area and then dimpling in her left breast while losing weight. She contacted her general practitioner quickly and was referred for examination, mammography, ultrasound, and biopsy. About two weeks later, in approximately June…
Read this storyStage II Breast Cancer: Alicia’s Patient Story
Alicia, 54, was working in human resources in the United Kingdom when she felt a tiny lump around her nipple and noticed changes in breast shape. She had the changes checked by a doctor and was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer. The news left her…
Read this storyStage III Breast Cancer: Patricia’s Survivor Story
Patricia was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in May 2023 after her first NHS mammogram led to a biopsy. She had experienced no symptoms and described the mammogram as lifesaving. The diagnosis brought sadness and fear. Patricia underwent a mastectomy…
Read this storyStage I Breast Cancer: Yoyo’s Survivor Story
Yoyo learned she had breast cancer after a routine health examination in 2023. She had no symptoms or warning signs before the check-up. Doctors diagnosed Stage I disease, and the unexpected news left her feeling sad, powerless, vulnerable, surprised, and…
Read this storyStage I Breast Cancer: Lauren’s Patient Story
Lauren's stage 1 breast cancer was found through a company health screening after a mammogram showed a breast mass. She had not noticed symptoms before the screening. After diagnosis, she changed her diet, began eating more healthfully, and exercised more…
Read this storyStage I Breast Cancer: Gayna’s Survivor Story
Gayna, 57, first noticed flattening on the underside of her left breast. That change led her to seek medical advice, and she was diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer. She felt relatively neutral when she first received the news, but the diagnosis still pushed…
Read this storyStage II Breast Cancer: Lesley’s Patient Story
Lesley, a physical therapist from Colombia and a mother, discovered a mass in her right breast. She had undergone surgery for a fibroadenoma in her left breast at age 17 in 2004 and initially thought the new mass might be the same condition. She had no other…
Read this storyStage II Breast Cancer: Margaret’s Patient Story
Margaret sought medical care after noticing discharge from her nipple. She was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer. The diagnosis left her fearful and sad, although she also felt optimistic and hopeful about what came next. Based on her doctor’s…
Read this storyStage II Breast Cancer: Rose’s Patient Story
Rose sought medical attention after finding a lump on her chest and was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer. The diagnosis left her feeling nervous, worried, isolated and powerless. She researched her options and chose to follow the treatment plan developed…
Read this storyStage II Breast Cancer: Angelina’s Patient Story
Angelina, 56, sought medical help after a lump in her breast kept growing. She was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer and was told her 5-year survival rate was 95%. Her doctors recommended a treatment regimen that included DIEP mastectomy, chemotherapy…
Read this storyStage I Breast Cancer: Hu’s Patient Story
Hu Jia, from Taiwan, discovered she had breast cancer in June 2023 after an unusual sequence of events. Her cat kept sniffing her, and about a month later a lump appeared in the swollen area. The diagnosis was confirmed at the hospital and was found at Stage…
Read this storyStage IV Breast Cancer: Anna’s Patient Story
Anna, 67, went for a checkup after noticing a lump growing in her armpit and was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer. She did not seek a second opinion, choosing instead to follow her doctor’s recommendation. The diagnosis made her feel disappointed…
Read this storyStage II Breast Cancer: Annie’s Patient Story
Annie, 48, was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer in July 2023 after finding a lump in her breast. Her doctor told her the estimated 5-year survival rate was 98%, but the diagnosis still brought worry, fear, grief, vulnerability, and resentment. She…
Read this storyStage IV Breast Cancer: Aria’s Patient Story
Aria, 57, sought medical care after noticing an ulcer on her breast. She also had redness, irritation, thickening of part of the breast, and a change in the shape of the affected breast. In October 2023, she was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer. Cancer…
Read this storyBreast Cancer: Mina’s Patient Story
During a health check, Mina was initially evaluated for possible myeloma, and her breast examination was postponed. After myeloma was ruled out, a later visit led to an immediate biopsy that confirmed breast cancer. Feeling that the first doctor had not…
Read this storyBreast Cancer: Grace’s Patient Story
Grace was diagnosed with breast cancer after routine mammography, ultrasound, and excision biopsies. Fatigue was the only symptom she identified. The diagnosis left her fearful, overwhelmed, helpless, and at times isolated, although she remained hopeful that…
Read this storyBreast Cancer: Teri’s Survivor Story
Teri’s breast cancer was found during a routine mammogram in May 2023. Follow-up ultrasound and biopsy confirmed the diagnosis after the screening study detected something suspicious. Teri had not noticed major symptoms, although nipple discharge occurred…
Read this storyStage IV HR-Positive Breast Cancer: Bethany’s Patient Story
Bethany was 34 when breast cancer was first found in both breasts and a lymph node. Earlier, she had felt breast and underarm lumps but pursued thermography and other nonstandard approaches before ultimately getting a mammogram and ultrasound that showed…
Read this storyBreast Cancer: Mary’s Survivor Story
Mary Richichi was 79 at the time of the story and had been treated for breast cancer years earlier. A routine mammogram found a tumor in the duct of her left breast in July 2009, during a stressful period when she and her husband were preparing to move closer…
Read this storyStage IV PIK3CA Breast Cancer: Abigail’s Patient Story
Abigail was 38, running a law firm, raising 2 young children, and breastfeeding when she felt a lump in her left breast in January 2017. She first thought it was a clogged duct. In April 2017, she was diagnosed with strongly hormone-positive breast cancer and…
Read this storyStage III Breast Cancer: Sandra’s Patient Story
Sandra Morales first noticed an uncomfortable sensation in her left breast in 2008, when she was 38. Two years later, she had her first mammogram on her birthday. The test found a suspicious mass, and a biopsy led to a Stage III breast cancer diagnosis in May…
Read this storyStage IV Breast Cancer: Fleur’s Patient Story
Fleur Profinet was 48 when she spoke about living with metastatic breast cancer and the way it changed family life. She first had breast cancer in 2013, then a recurrence beginning in 2020. Formal biomarker results, specific metastatic sites, surgery details…
Read this storyInvasive Lobular Carcinoma: Daneen’s Survivor Story
Daneen had surgery for lobular carcinoma in situ at age 32 and was monitored closely afterward. Tamoxifen was discussed as a preventive option, but she and her husband were trying to have a child after years of infertility and unsuccessful IVF. In June 1999…
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