Your Stories
Real-life battles with cancer that can help you overcome some of your own challenges,
building your resilience and strengthening your mental health.
At Check Know Prevent we are on a quest to capture and share the stories of cancer survivors as they help us learn from their challenges and triumphs. Each story is unique and we trust the collective learnings, of the brave people involved, will inspire you on your own journeys as the messages of wisdom and resilience unfold.
Latest Stories
Am I going to die?
My name is Leigh and I am 45 years old. There is no breast cancer in our family and I was the first one. I had a scare 8 years ago finding a lump in my right breast and luckily it was nothing, so...
Don’t give up
3 1/2 years ago I went to the doctor with breast pain. A few doctors said breast cancer is not sore. Went for a mammogram and found invasive DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ – i.e. early stage). Went...
Cancer does not discriminate
I am only 30 years old and was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer in May 2022. Clearly cancer does not discriminate based on age. In June I had the lump removed from my breast along with 10...
