I was diagnosed at age 35 on May 24, 2017. I have currently stopped by prophylactic chemo due to bad side effects but am due to have my reconstruction surgery this November 2018. I am currently in remission and waiting to have my Left side mastectomy and reconstruction of both breasts this November 4th, 2018. [...]
I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer on September 17, 2016. And today I am currently being treated for bone metastasis with chemotherapy, and other forms of treatment. The hardest thing for me was knowing that the likelihood of not being there for my children's milestone It absolutely crushed me emotionally. But I think [...]
I was diagnosed with breast cancer on November 9, 2017. I was 32 years old, and my son had just turned two years old. My husband and I had just purchased our first house and moved out of NYC a few weeks prior, and the week before my diagnosis we celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary. [...]
The Woodlands, Texas (August 16, 2018): As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey approaches, The Breast Cancer Charities of America announced that the organization has awarded over $66,000 to support local breast cancer patients directly affected by Hurricane Harvey. “Imagine having breast cancer and then losing everything in Hurricane Harvey”, stated Erica Johnson, Founder + [...]
(The Woodlands, Texas - August 6, 2018) The Breast Cancer Charities of America announced that Caroline Frenzel, a 2018 graduate from The Woodlands High School, has been chosen as the recipient of the 2018 iGoPink Scholarship for $15,000. The iGoPink Scholarship is granted to a student, from the Greater Houston Area, whose family has been [...]
(The Woodlands, Texas - August 2, 2018) The Breast Cancer Charities of America will be hosting the 5thannual Wine Women & Shoes event presented by EXIT Lone Star Realty on September 6, 2018, at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott. “This event is an evening of having fun and doing good,” said Erica Johnson, Founder & CEO [...]
I first heard about The Breast Cancer Charities and the Feeling Beautiful Again program one day through just a general internet search, and I am so glad I did! After seeing what this program does and gives to women, I knew I needed to request bags for my patients to lift their spirits. I requested [...]
(The Woodlands, Texas - July 29, 2018): The Pink 5K, presented by Dr. Kendra Pratt, DDS returns to The Woodlands on Saturday, September 29th, 2018 in honor of kicking off October + breast cancer awareness month. The Pink 5K is open to all families, friends, children, strollers and even dogs! “We are so happy to [...]
The Woodlands, Texas (July 20, 2018): Thrive Causemetics, a Los Angeles based beauty company, has donated nearly $2 million dollars of beauty products to iGoPink/The Breast Cancer Charities of America to distribute through their national beauty program, Feeling Beautiful Again. “Thrive Causemetics’ involvement with our Feeling Beautiful Again program is one truly beyond measure,” states [...]
My name is Cora, I am 50 years old and live in Seal Cove, Maine. I was first diagnosed with IDC breast cancer in April of 2015. After 2 lumpectomies, 4 rounds of chemo, and a bilateral mastectomy with implants reconstruction. I am now 3 years out from the initial diagnosis. As my cancer was ER/PR+her2-, [...]
