When a young woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, it touches not only her life, but the entire family. Read more about stories of other breast cancer survivors, metsers, caregivers, friends, and children.
BREAST CANCER WARRIORS
Kate Zickel
I was diagnosed with stage three invasive ductal carcinoma on September 21, 2017. The good news is that It’s the most common and treatable type of breast cancer. The other […]
What Cancer Taught Me: Advice from a Survivor
By Caitlin M. Kiernan There is no question that a cancer diagnosis is life-altering. I was never the same girl after my diagnosis. When I was first diagnosed with breast […]
Morgan DePaolo
My name is Morgan DePaolo and I was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2015. I was having symptoms for a while, but I thought it was just an infection […]
Alice Crisci
Alice Crisci is the youngest of four generations to have been diagnosed with cancer. In the first 30 days of her diagnosis, she launched a foundation, wrote a book, organized […]
METSTERS
“Why did I become an Advocate?” – Sheila McGlown, Tigerlily MBC ANGEL Advocate
Often times I’m asked, “Why did I become an advocate?” And often times I ask myself the same question “WHY did I become an advocate?” Proverbs 31:8-9 says “Open your […]
Caregiver Perspective: Caring for my daughter with metastatic breast cancer
I’m often asked, “How do you do it”? What they are asking is, how do I deal with the fact that my daughter Erica has terminal breast cancer. When Erica […]
Tigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s MBC Disparities Initiative
On March 20, Tigerlily Foundation hosted a Metastatic Breast Cancer Disparities Listening Summit, a historic initiative that is the first of its kind. The MBC Listening Summit elevated the conversation […]
Overcoming the fear of recurrence and embracing my metastatic sisters
At my first conference for young women affected by breast cancer, I remember the other ladies talking about how their metastatic breast cancer started with a cough. Then, after that […]