Two years after the birth of my first daughter I discovered a lump in my right breast through self-examination. My doctor advised me to have it biopsied. I was twenty-eight-years-old at that time. Thankfully, the result was benign. Five years later, after the birth of my second daughter, I discovered that once again I had a lump in my left breast. This time, the lump was the size of a grape. My doctor requested that I have a mammogram and biopsy done. It was then that I learned I had stage 2 breast cancer. I was just 33-years-old.

A year after giving birth to her son, George, Rika Cargill found out that she had breast cancer. “My breast became very hard, swollen and unbearably painful. I was told by a doctor that it was just a blocked milk gland and my breast just needed to be cut and drained,” said the 35-year-old mother of three. “I got that done and a few weeks after the swelling, the pain got worse.” Cargill immediately returned to the hospital and underwent a biopsy.The results came back positive. She had stage 3 breast cancer.

2009– I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer after a self- examination, doctor visit, second opinion, mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy. . in one breast. Within a very short period, the aggressive cancer had spread to the other breast. ‘Three months later, surgery was performed and I felt as if I was free of Stage 3 Cancer. Chemotherapy was not my best friend; it was truly very difficult for me and took a toll but I was not ready to give up because I came too far by faith. I endured

I had been diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer facing a 20% survival rate within the first five years after diagnosis. To me, it was a medical terminology and at 34, I was going to win this battle. With quiet assuredness from my conversations with God, my initial six chemotherapy and 26 radiation treatments started. November 2006 – After a bone scan follow up, there was still active cancer cells, which required me to have weekly chemotherapy for 10 weeks throughout the holiday period

2005: "Your test results are here. The doctor wants to see you as soon as possible. Bring your daughter with you." Somehow I knew and, with the mini counseling session provided by my doctor prior to the mammogram, I had the basis of strength to cushion me through the next traumatic months. "Your test results are not good. They came back positive." Reaction: Dismay, fear, uncertainty, miscalculation, technical error. These were quickly replaced with confidence with the doctor, medical facilities and personnel and my continued strength in God.

I believe in the word and I am a survivor because Of my faith in the word. In a span of two years, a lump was found in my left breast, I had a mammogram, the lump was removed, and I had a mastectomy. These events unfolded quickly. My support group, my family and friends continued to pray and believe for my healing.

I am close to a seven-year breast cancer survivor. In late 2006, as a part of my annual physical procedure, I underwent a mammogram, which resulted in a biopsy. Ten days later, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Breast Cancer and recommended to have an immediate mastectomy.. the day of the first anniversary of my husband’s death; it was later rescheduled to mid-December. Sixteen lymph nodes

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010. After having a mammogram in 2009, and not being due for another one for atleast six months, I found a lump after self-examination. Upon checking it out, I was told that it was cancer. That day my life stopped and even though I had been diagnosed with a brain tumor some twenty years before, and had had it taken care of, I was so afraid of the “C” word. “BUT GOD” Just after I had left the doctor’s office, I met two members from my church. They looked at me and saw