Category:Thoughts from a Survivor

2016 Calendar Model ~ Meet Becca Ostman

Rebecca McNeal (Ostman) was 32 years old when she was diagnosed with Stage 2A ductal carcinoma in January of 2012. She lives in Chesapeake with her life partner of two […]

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2016 Calendar Model~ Meet Brittany Pronia

When Brittany Pronia felt a lump in her right breast accompanied by sharp pain, her primary care physician ordered an ultrasound that was performed on her 29th birthday. The results […]

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Calendar Model ~ Meet Mary Ashby

Mary Ashby didn’t mess around when she felt a golf-ball-sized lump in her breast while performing a self-exam in the shower. Her mother was a breast cancer survivor and Mary […]

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Calendar Model ~ Meet Jennifer Cherry

Jennifer Holub Cherry was already familiar with Beyond Boobs! when she was diagnosed with Stage 2B ductal carcinoma in situ in late January of 2013. She had learned about BB! […]

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Can Having Breast Cancer Be Lucky?

Can Having Breast Cancer Be Lucky? Now that St. Patrick’s Day is upon us, we wish for the the luck o’ the Irish. We look for lucky symbols, like four-leaf […]

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Beyond the Boobers! ~ Stories of Support ~ Mother Confronts Cancer Again

Mother Confronts Cancer Again with Daughter’s Diagnosis Mary McLean comes from a long line of women named Mary. She continued that particular family tradition when she named her daughter, Boober! […]

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