Your Voices
Hear from others who are in your shoes. We feature the many different voices of breast cancer on our blog including stories from women and men in treatment for breast cancer. You may choose to share yours, too.
Read Personal StoriesFind stories of young women affected by breast cancer as well as those of family members, friends and caregivers on our blog. Learn how they faced the complex medical, psychosocial, emotional, legal and financial challenges of the disease. Visit our blog.
Share Your StoryWe believe there is power in telling your story and sharing your experience. It’s not only good for you, but it also may help others facing a new experience or feeling alone. You can write your own story or get help from a Living Beyond Breast Cancer staff person. Submit your story.
- Recently Diagnosed
- Your emotional concerns
- Your Medical Needs
- What Is Breast Cancer?
- Who Gets Breast Cancer?
- Your Medical Team
- How Cancer Is Staged
- Your Treatment Options
- Genetic Testing
- Tests You May Have
- Your Pathology Report
- Wellness & body image
- Lifestyle and Practical Matters
- Your Voices
- LBBC Resources
- In Treatment
- Your Medical Needs
- Your Treatment Options
- Surgery
- Available Schedules of Radiation Therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Common Regimens
- Hormonal Therapy
- Importance of Menopausal Status
- Partial Breast Radiation
- Radiation Therapy
- Targeted Therapies for Hormone-Positive Breast Cancer
- Targeted Therapy
- Targeted Therapy for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
- Types of Chemotherapy
- Types of Hormonal Therapy
- What Is Hormonal Therapy
- Whole Breast Radiation
- Treatment Side Effects
- Treating Lymphedema
- Bone Loss
- Bone Pain
- Chemobrain
- Depression and Anxiety
- Hair Loss
- Hand-Foot Syndrome
- Insomnia and Fatigue
- Lymphedema
- Lymphedema Risk
- Managing Insomnia and Fatigue
- Menopausal Symptoms
- Mouth Sores
- Nail and Skin Changes
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Neuropathy
- Neutropenia
- Pain
- Secondary Cancers
- Sexual Side Effects
- What are the Treatments for Insomnia and Fatigue?
- Your Treatment Options
- Your Emotional Concerns
- Lifestyle and Practical Matters
- Your Voices
- LBBC Resources
- Your Medical Needs
- Living With a History of Breast Cancer
- Your Medical Needs
- Survivorship Care Plans
- Genetic Counseling
- When to Have Follow-Up Visits
- Genetics and Family Risk
- Genetic Test Results and What They Mean
- Genetic Testing
- Genetic Testing and Your Relationships
- Sharing Your Genetic Test Results At Work
- Sharing Your Genetic Test Results With Family
- Signs Breast Cancer May Be BRCA-Related
- Your Emotional Concerns
- Lifestyle and Practical Matters
- Your Voices
- LBBC Resources
- Your Medical Needs
- Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Your Medical Needs
- Coping With Your Diagnosis
- Understanding Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Second Opinions and MBC
- Your Treatment Options
- Treatment Side Effects
- Bone Health and MBC
- Bone Pain and MBC
- Depression and Anxiety and MBC
- Hair Loss and MBC
- Hand-Foot Syndrome and MBC
- Insomnia and Fatigue and MBC
- Menopausal Symptoms and MBC
- Mouth Sores and MBC
- Nail and Skin Changes and MBC
- Nausea and Vomiting and MBC
- Neuropathy and MBC
- Neutropenia and MBC
- Pain and MBC
- Your Emotional Concerns
- Lifestyle and Practical Matters
- Hear My Voice Program
- Your Voices
- LBBC Resources
- Your Medical Needs
- A Young Woman
- Your Medical Needs
- The Basics: Breast Cancer and Young Women
- Breast Reconstruction
- Ovarian Suppression
- Ovarian Ablation
- Early Menopause
- Bone Health
- Genetics and Family Risk
- Sex and Intimacy
- Fertility and Future Pregnancy
- Getting Pregnant
- Pregnant With Breast Cancer
- Breastfeeding After Treatment
- Treatments and Research
- Side Effects
- Clinical Trials
- Your Emotional Concerns
- Lifestyle and Practical Matters
- Let's Talk About It Video Series
- Young Advocate Program
- Your Voices
- More Resources For You
- Get Connected with YWI
- Your Medical Needs
- Diagnosed With Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer
- Diagnosed With HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
- Diagnosed With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
- LGBT With Breast Cancer
- Black
- A Man Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
- A Caregiver
- A Healthcare Provider