Kicking Off My Next Journey
Towards Becoming a Certified Wellness Coach Becoming a Certified Wellness Coach is a natural next step on my path to prevention. I’m excited to finally take the leap, and will be starting courses this Monday! I grew up in a pretty healthy household. I remember when I was young I was given a small yellow […]
The Unexpected Benefits of My Latest Surgery
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Meet Janie
I am Janie Branscomb and a mother of 4 crazy kids that I home-school and live in Florida on a cattle ranch. I love baseball and to travel. I was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer right off the bat in October 2017. What most people don’t understand is I will be in treatment until there is […]
Meet Becki
I was 40 when I was diagnosed. I have 3 daughters, 15, 9, and 5. I completed chemo 11/2/20, had a mastectomy 12/2/20, and the completed radiation mid February…my radiation was not breast, it was pelvic radiation.
Meet Kara
Hello! My name is Kara and I’m 38 years old. I’ve been married to my husband for 20 years this August and I have 3 children who I’ve home schooled for 10 years. I love bunnies and we have 3 of them, along with dogs, a cat, and chickens. I also love gardening, though I’m not great […]
Meet Jacqui
My name is Jacqui Agresta, and I am a 50 year old mother of four. I was diagnosed with breast cancer during my second trimester of my first pregnancy at age 33. I went on to have three more children despite the doctors telling me would not be able to have more children. I live […]
Meet Lindsay
My name is Lindsay K. I live in Forest Hills with my husband and my one year old daughter. We also have a cavapoo named Marley. We been spend lots of time on Long Island with my parents while I recover.
Meet Cheryl
I am a divorced mom to 6 (5 girls, 1 boy – ages 11, 13, 15, 18 y.o. boy and 19 y.o. twins). There is no family history of breast cancer in my family. Getting through the pandemic has been more challenging as I am not able to work from chemo, and ultimately lost my job. […]
Meet Jacqueline
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 at 46 yrs old. My children were 10 & 12 yrs old. I had a left mastectomy & 4 months of chemo. In 2005 I tested positive for the BRCA2 gene. I then had a right mastectomy & full hysterectomy.