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The TellHER2 story gallery is our growing collection of stories submitted by Canadian women touched by HER2+ breast cancer, as well as those of their friends, family and health care providers.

View stories in chronological order, starting with the most recent additions.
Use the buttons below to sort the stories using various criteria. For instance, to find stories that capture a specific mood or emotion, such as "hopeful" or "frustrated", sort by feeling. To find stories by women in a specific age range, sort by age. If you're interested in hearing a man's perspective on the issues, try sorting by gender. And to view stories from your region, sort by location.

We hope these stories inspire and move you to share your own experience! Click the "share your own story" button to upload your own text, photo or video contribution.

HER 2 Positive Breast Cancer

My story is probably not unlike many others. I was 43 years old when I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. I found a lump in my right breast - it seemed that all of a sudden it was just there. I couldn't understand how I had...

Sue
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Now what Stage IV and scared

I was dx in March 2006 with invasive ductal carcinoma, 5cm, er+pr+her2nu+. I had a left breast masectomy, 30 rads, 5 chemo treatments and 1 year of Herceptin. I was on tamoxifen for 3 years, then switched to Femara. In June of 2009...

Dawn
3 comments 0 likes

Newly diagnosed

My story is the classic "I found lumps in the shower..." I have no family history of BC so really wasn't terribly worried as I headed to the doctor. She wasn't worried either but ordered a mammogram anyway since I was just past my...

Heather
3 comments 1 like

Living with a Smile!

Hi, my journey began Jan 2006, that is when the shooting pain like someone stabbing me with a knife happen and not long after the lump. I ignored that lump in my right breast for months until I could not ignore it anymore. July 17th I will never...

laurie
1 comment 1 like

Lump Aug 2006, invasive ductal carcinoma, surgery November 2006 lumpectomy left breast, second surgery December 2006 13 lymph nodes removed, one malignant. ER+ PR+ Her2Nu+. Six months chemo, 16 radiations, one year chemo on Herceptin. Treatment...

Lynne
1 comment 1 like

Marlene's makeover

Living the dream, so I thought!!Married for 7 years, 3year old daughter a corporate executive at the age of 43 and everything seemed like it was going where it should. I rolled over in bed one morning and had been experiencing a pain in my underarm,...

Marlene
3 comments 0 likes

Hello, I was first diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 38 years old. It runs in my family. My mother and two of her sisters had breast cancer. Two of them, the youngest and eldest have passed away. I went through a...

Debbie
0 comments 2 likes

I remember when I first heard the words "You have breast cancer!" The day was January 6th, 2009. Those words will forever ring in my ears. Two weeks later, I found out I was also ER+/PR+/HER2+ - Stage 3. I really didn't understand at the time...

Kim
1 comment 1 like

The Long Battle

My road with cancer has been a long one. My best friend was diagnosed with leukemia 12 years ago, my husband with brain cancer at the same time and now I have experience breast cancer twice in the last 3 years. Throughout all of this, I have...

Tasha
1 comment 1 like

“Crossing perspectives between an artist and a young woman stricken with breast...

Ladislas
2 comments 1 like

Lisa's Story - Stage 4 for almost TEN years!

I've come a LONG way since this picture was taken! I was diagnosed July 20th, 2000...

Lisa
10 comments 2 likes

Diagnosis HER2- scary but not insurmountable

It was the Canada Day weekend in 2004 when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. That was scary enough, but after the biopsies and lumpectomy and... the news that I was HER2 rocked me off my feet. My diagnosis happened before Herceptin was funded by...

Trude
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