After facing breast cancer, I need to resume my life

Breast cancer survivor decries patdown at JFK

Breast cancer survivors embrace Betty Ford’s legacy of courage, hope

Sick mom’s win in EI fight paves way for others A Toronto mom’s recent victory in a fight over employment insurance benefits

Inflammatory Breast Cancer: a survivor’s story
A Nova Scotia resident shares her ordeal with Inflammatory Breast Cancer.

Removing a Second Breast
A survivor shares her reasons for opting for a preventative mastectomy.

A Double Whammy for Christmas
Debra Berry shares her story about being diagnosed in December and receiving further bad news.

Traveling for Treatment
A New Brunswick woman relates her experience about cross-border care.

Living a Dream
Jan Cox finds recovery from breast cancer in beautiful Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

It’s All About Attitude
A personal story by Laura Kendall of Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Saved My Life
Mary Mushrow of Port-Aux-Basques, Newfoundland shares her personal breast cancer experience.

Following My Gut Feeling
Shirley Zillman shares her personal story about a breast cancer diagnosis.

Submissions Welcome for Personal Breast Cancer Stories!
Telling our stories inspires, strengthens, and renews our capacity to live well.” Send in your story!

Defining the Term Survivorship
You were asked to help define the term. Here are the replies.

Canadian Breast Cancer Net Newsletters

Love ABC (After Breast Cancer)
Carol Ann Cole is a nationally acclaimed spokesperson, founder of the Comfort Heart Initiative and author of Comfort Heart-A Personal Memoir. To us in Atlantic Canada she is one of our most beloved kindred spirits who puts her heart into eradicating breast cancer.

The Gift of Story Telling
During the months of April 2000 through June 2002, Researcher Patsy Beattie-Huggan witnessed the ancient gift of story telling in a new light.  She unexpectedly uncovered how Atlantic Canadian women and their families found healing through sharing their personal stories about breast cancer.  What surprised Beattie-Huggan, a breast cancer survivor herself, was finding her own healing through the gift of stories that she so openly received and found common ground in. Enjoy the gift!

Male Breast Cancer – A Personal Story
Being diagnosed with breast cancer in April 1999 was the last thing Gary Earle from Newfoundland expected.  For the first time, this husband of 32 years and father of two grown children tells his personal story about his journey through breast cancer.  His passion to change the lack of information about male breast cancer is as strong as his positive determination to beat this disease.  Join Gary for his story.