2 time survivor here, and I'm only 33. Thank you for sharing how you keep your body in fight mode to help prevent recurrence. 🙏🏾 I vlogged my entire journey on YT
Deb, your story gives me hope! After 20+ years the original breast cancer metastasized in my left lung! Stage 4…… I’m probably a dummy, but I just don’t understand ??? New immunotherapy drugs seem to be helping; thankful for each new day and each breath! Couldn’t breathe and thought I was dying! Thanks for sharing your experience!
I was diagnosed with stage 2 invasive breast cancer June 30th this year. I’m on my 2nd round of chemotherapy. The 1st round consisted of carbiplatin & taxol which was 12 weeks. I started the adriamycin & cytoxan last week. This treatment is every other week & it’s a little stronger & has taken a toll on my body so much so that I’ve just taken a leave of absence from work. I have 3 more treatments left of this one & then I will have my surgery & radiation. I’m so looking forward to becoming a breast cancer survivor. Seeing videos like this gives me hope. Thank you for sharing your story.
I didn’t know how I made it some days, but I did and you can too! Lots of love and hugs to you. (I was diagnosed w/invasive breast cancer right at the beginning of COVID and almost was denied the care I needed - it was so scary. But I made it through 5 months of chemo and a month of radiation). Coping can be different for everyone, but one thing I can recommend that really helped me was joining a cancer support group. I actually didn’t do it til I was about done because I thought I didn’t need it, but cancer can be so isolating and having the group wound up being incredible. Take care Sheila!
"I'm so looking forward to becoming a breast cancer survivor". Very profound words. I can tell you are a fighter. You are optimistic. You are strong. You are beautiful. You got this Sheila, nothing will stop you. (Dance your way through it, literally). 💯❤ #FightLikeAGirl 💕
Going through the process now! This started mid-June with my annual Mammogram. Biopsies, surgeries, I'm going for mapping next week for radiation. In fact, I just found out I won't need Chemo yesterday. That was a huge relief! I've been lucky to have many prayer warriors and supporters, but they do seem reluctant to share my news with others. I've been open with everyone. I grew up in a home where everything was a secret!!! My greatest regret is that I didn't ask the questions then, that I don't have answers to now! Thank you for sharing your story!!!
My beautiful daughter has just been diagnosed with stage 3 invasive cancer. She has had a partial mastectomy and lymph nodes removed. We now start the journey of chemotherapy for 12 months and then followed by radiotherapy. I wish all cancer sufferers the best with their journey... Australia 😘
I will be praying for your precious daughter and you! Such a daunting and stressful time. Much is the outcome is unknown! My best to your daughter! God bless! 😘🙏🏻
I am 74 yrs old and I was diagnosed with stage 2 Ca of the breast 2019 I went through 5 cycles of chemotherapy and 1 month of Radiation and now Cancer free I am advocating for Mammogram and breast examination for early detection.
Thank you, this video popped up on my feed....I went for my mammogram today for my second mammogram today. I am 42. Thank you for sharing the importance of it.
finding out that you have any illness that can change your life and lifestyle can be difficult physically, mentally, and emotionally. it can also be difficult on the people around you. best of luck to anybody and the people around them dealing with any health issues whether physical or mental. stay strong and keep fighting.
I was diagnosed last year at 32. I can surely tell you my life will NEVER be the same. Still unbelievable to me!! I’m sending my love to all those suffering.
Just awaiting chemotherapy after being diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. It's very scary despite the support of family and friends and being told I am a strong women. I am 76 years old and otherwise healthy but the fear has me in tears at times. Thankyou for this heartwarming video.
Such an important conversation to have. Don't shrink away from survivors of cancer. They are not just the same people they were before cancer, in many ways they are even better versions of themselves,
My husband was telling me they are working on a blood test that can detect cancer before you even start to develop tumors. The future looks hopeful! God bless!
ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH! Find out that NO surgery is possible an find out in a brief few WEEKS who's willing to HELP YOU thru your battle, knowing you have a terribly long road ahead of YOU! 😕😭💦 💓u Amy, I've WATCHED u from day ONE, ON THE TODAY SHOW🙏😍🎃
You got that right! I had no family support, other than my aging mother and even that was limited. My only sister, frankly, didn’t care, wouldn’t care and still doesn’t. My five brothers were also nonexistent even though I had been there for other family members who struggled with serious health issues numerous times. I have no children. I had a supportive partner thank goodness, but family, no. Nothing. Very difficult pill to swallow. It will be three years on November 23rd since my diagnosis, and I still, at times, still struggle with the lack of caring.
So good to hear from you Amy! I am a 57 year old female diagnosed with Stage 3 invasive ductile carcinoma with lymph node involvement. I had yearly mammograms and could not for the life of me understand how this happened to me. I had a double mastectomy, 8 rounds of chemotherapy and am now going through 25 rounds of radiation. It has been brutal physically and mentally. I believe a positive attitude has helped to get me through it. I’ve changed what I put in my body and how I treat my body. I’m getting through it and plan to live a very long life on this earth. I believe in the power of prayer.💝🙏🏻 It definitely helps to hear from other breast cancer survivors, so thank you!!!
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in March. I am over whelmed and I stay positive as much as I can. They can’t do anything for me cause of all the underlined illnesses I have they will treat me as long as my body will take. I can reject it within two years. I’d like to make a bucket list but I can’t.
You are so sweet, supportive and kind. Just finished 15 months of cancer treatment. I told cancer to get out of my way because I have alot of living to do.
My mother had cancer and my youngest sister. I encourage family members that have a loved on that is dealing with this to be a very great support system to them.
I’m a retired nurse five of my twenty year career were spent on an Oncology unit,I’ve been retired for forty two years now and I still remember my terminally ill cancer patients names and faces . One in particular stands out in my memory,my daughter used to play with her granddaughter they lived right around the corner ,a year before she decided to see her Dr. her nipple had begun to itch ,by the time she decided to see him her nipple was all but gone. I will never forget when we got her back from the O.R her Dr.spoke with. me,he said that it had metastasized throughout her entire body ,and his next statement I will never ever forget he said. “ cancer is as unpredictable as the proverbial,wind ,she was dead in six months . I remember one particular work shop we had to attend on the terminally ill cancer patient,the person presenting asked us if we were to die ,there were about three hundred of us there ,we all raised our hands,her next statement has stayed with me for fifty years ,no she said “ it’s how we die” it’s so very true no one wants to suffer Amy Robach was so right in saying that people don’t want to talk about cancer if any kind really,this was very informative thank you
Thank you for nursing! My chemo nurses were so fabulous! They were attentive and loving and funny. I actually looked forward to chemo just to see them and catch up. When my treatments were over they had a funny song and celebration. I mean is it weird to say it was a good experience? Because of cool nurses it was bearable. (I’m in remission ;)
@@christinerayburn7251 oh I’m so happy to,hear that ,I hope you stay cancer free ,I’m glad you had a positive experience,no I don’t think it’s weird for you to say that at all my blessings to,you ❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you Amy, you look soo beautiful for 48, not to mention running marathons and climbing mountaims, what an inspiration! Wishing you all the best with your recovery and I will make sure to stay on top of my mammograms and self checks as I am growing older. Thank you!
Thank you so much Amy Robach and Robin! I'm a 2 time survivor and I've dedicated my RUclips to helping others on their cancer journey. Let's "talk" about breast cancer!
After 3 years of Mammograms and ultra sounds… every 6 months…. they still didn’t see it, until I fought for a biopsy for growing lump. I was 39, 42 when finally diagnosed. Now a 3 time survivor. I was told at the beginning that people don’t want to know, even in therapy I was told not to talk about it. I have never believed that to be true. Thanks for the story.
Wow,you were diagnosed 1 yr. And 1 day before me.10/31/2014.7yrs.ago...long...hard...journey. stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.GOD AND PRAYERS OF OTHERS BRINGS ME THROUGH.
@@Alba_1108 I think she means to have the ultrasound in addition to the mammogram. Dense breast tissue can hide masses and cause them to be missed by mammogram alone. Ultrasound can detect the mass through the dense tissue. I have dense breast tissue and always have to have an ultrasound done after my mammogram. Last week, the Dr found a suspicious mass via the ultrasound. I’m having a biopsy this coming week. Hopefully it’s nothing to be concerned about.
I remember seeing Amy’s story on GMA. I was diagnosed five months after her. She inspired me to stay positive and focus on the end of my treatment. Her book is great for survivors and those in active treatment. I am seven years in remission. And she is right/ cancer never leaves you. But I kicked it’s ass!
I recently went thru this I’m 43 I had my mammogram and then then I asked to get a sonogram then they saw something and I went had a biopsy only to find out that it really wasn’t nothing it scared me for sure and always will
Anytime a doctor says you have any kind of cancer, it changes you. Mine was skin cancer and had the tumor removed 2-21. This lady is right, you're at a high risk if getting it again. 😞
Finding out what I knew was something wrong with my body was terrifying. I was diagnosed with uterine cancer, the thought of not being here for all the milestones everyone dreams of shattered a wife and mothers soul. I got mad and I had a very colorful name (my poor mom would just shake her head every time I’d say it which was often😉)for my reproductive organs which gave me back the strength, I took away the terror it was trying so hard to alienate my thoughts. I had a total hysterectomy and appendectomy with 46 lymph nodes removed for study. During the waiting period of what my next phase was I would be going through is actually worse than the initial diagnosis. I was lucky very lucky, everything was removed and my margins were 100% clean. What Amy says is true, once you have cancer you’re even more susceptible to again receiving another diagnosis BUT until that time if and when it happens, I am living, laughing and being able to be here to love my new grandchild, husband, daughters and my precious little Yorkie sisters, Paisley and Pebbles. Fight like Hell, fight back like Hell even when you think you can’t. I continue to give thanks and pray that everyone battling this horrid disease and the toll it takes on families and friends are given grace and willpower to see it through. Get your damned mammogram, stay regular on your yearly female exams, it will save your life.
No matter what cancer, people get uncomfortable talking about it. That’s why I always try and have a conversation about it when it comes up. I have visible scars and that’s fine, they are the reason I survived the cancer and can live a happy life now.
When I went through it as well at 40 years old. I had friends disappear. It's like when you say it they act like you said you have AIDS. Most women that I would talk to had a stunned look on their faces.
I always thought she was just a pretty face but she is so much more she's very encouraging and I love the fact that she says she's in fight mode with cancer.
Such a powerful message! Take care of yourself and self medicate with good food, good sleep, good exercise (whatever that is for you), regular checkups, great relationships with yourself and others etc. etc. etc. Blessings to all those fighting the fight!
I needed this video. I got breast cancer for my birthday. Well it feels that way; received stage 2 diagnosis day before my 52nd birthday last month. Lucky me 2 weeks later found stage 1 tumor in my other breast. (Never even been lucky enough to win bingo) They suspected a growth on my ovary but thankfully its only a hemorrhagic cyst that will be monitored. So after 2 biopsies & 9 million tests I'll have a bilateral mastectomy on Nov 19th almost a month to the day of first diagnosis. All of this seem surreal still trying to mentally adjust to my diagnosis & upcoming surgery/treatment.
I concur, I had breast cancer in 2018, it was devastating but I fought it and I am now four years in remission. Within two weeks, of chemotherapy I lost all my hair, it was hard.😇
I’m a BC survivor too. I am 5 years cancer free. I took control of my body too. The biggest change was cutting out sugar. Running every day with a weighted vest and lifting heavy weights. 32 lbs gone at age 58. Better than ever
I think it is not the breast part people are getting uncomfortable, but the cancer part. I think some people do not know what cancer is or does to the human body. There are people I know who think breast cancer is transmissable.
Three years, on 11/23, since my diagnosis. I am terrified of a recurrence. I try not to live in fear and most of the time I don’t, but it’s still scary. It’s been difficult trying to do all the “right” things. Don’t have family support and have had to deal with pretty high levels of stress since. My mother died last year and I had to help care for her in her final days and then administered her estate into 2021 with awful siblings who made my life hell. I also have other health issues that have since developed. Not sure at times how to cope with all the stress, which I know is cancer’s “best friend.” It sucks.
All cancer survivors know that fear. Every time you get a CT scan or pet scan you get that fear. Every time I go can get blood drawn for my cancer center I get scared. I didn’t have breast cancer. I had stage 3 colon cancer mainly due to the tumor size but that fear stays with you
Thank you for sharing, Amy. I was diagnosed with Stage 2 invasive breast cancer in April 2013. I am 3 years older than you. Such a shock and it rocked my life. I'm a survivor and a thriver.
What a beautiful and inspiring discussion, Amy. I recently had a scare with a mammogram. I had a biopsy and thankfully, everything was benign, but it was weeks of worry and testing. God bless you and keep you healthy, as we need to hear all those other stories you have yet to tell!
The sad part is when you try to tell your friends to learn from your mistakes & focus on health, exercise, living a happier life, do less drinking… but it seems to fall on deaf ears & I can understand that too! I would have been the same a few years ago. But it’s sad to see that only a shock of some sort changes us enough to make a concerted effort for our life’s betterment!
Thank You Amy!! You Are An Amazing Woman! I Needed To Watch This Today- This Is My 3rd Time With Cancer!!! You Sp Right It Effects Your Body The Rest Of You Life! Thank you so Much 💓 For Placing A Smile On My Face Today!! Sending Huge Texas Hugs!! - Michael
I went thru the same thing 14 yrs ago. Her 2 positive v aggressive 1. Bt I did 15 months of chemo. N I'm still here. Recently gt my mammo n I'm gd. Dnt put it off. Call tody fr an appt!
Breast cancer sucks. My s/o had it and it changed our lives forever. I think people feel uncomfortable because it reminds us all of our mortality. We make plans for the future. At least I do. When I retire, I"m going to learn that new language. I'm going to get my private pilot's license. I'm going to do (whatever). Cancer is the reminder that a. maybe...maybe not! and b. we're mortal and are going to die one day. You don't see that when you look at billboards of beautiful women. You don't see that when the ultra rich like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are shown on their mega yachts with beautiful women, living the life. Cancer is like the music stopping at a great party. I think that's why people are uncomfortable when they hear it.
2 time survivor here, and I'm only 33. Thank you for sharing how you keep your body in fight mode to help prevent recurrence. 🙏🏾
I vlogged my entire journey on YT
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I will be watching your videos. I’m glad you’re still here.
I had metastatic breast cancer at the age of 24. I tell my story all the time. I’m now 66.
Deb, your story gives me hope! After 20+ years the original breast cancer metastasized in my left lung! Stage 4……
I’m probably a dummy, but I just don’t understand ??? New immunotherapy drugs seem to be helping; thankful for each new day and each breath! Couldn’t breathe and thought I was dying! Thanks for sharing your experience!
@@max2lena My best to you! I’m glad you are feeling better.
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I was diagnosed with stage 2 invasive breast cancer June 30th this year. I’m on my 2nd round of chemotherapy. The 1st round consisted of carbiplatin & taxol which was 12 weeks. I started the adriamycin & cytoxan last week. This treatment is every other week & it’s a little stronger & has taken a toll on my body so much so that I’ve just taken a leave of absence from work. I have 3 more treatments left of this one & then I will have my surgery & radiation. I’m so looking forward to becoming a breast cancer survivor. Seeing videos like this gives me hope. Thank you for sharing your story.
I didn’t know how I made it some days, but I did and you can too! Lots of love and hugs to you. (I was diagnosed w/invasive breast cancer right at the beginning of COVID and almost was denied the care I needed - it was so scary. But I made it through 5 months of chemo and a month of radiation). Coping can be different for everyone, but one thing I can recommend that really helped me was joining a cancer support group. I actually didn’t do it til I was about done because I thought I didn’t need it, but cancer can be so isolating and having the group wound up being incredible. Take care Sheila!
Sending lots of prayers of healing your way. Stay positive and keep the faith💯⭐️👍🏼
"I'm so looking forward to becoming a breast cancer survivor". Very profound words. I can tell you are a fighter. You are optimistic. You are strong. You are beautiful. You got this Sheila, nothing will stop you. (Dance your way through it, literally). 💯❤ #FightLikeAGirl 💕
You will make it and you will win!!! 3 more treatments! Light at the end of the tunnel! YOu are not alone in this fight!
You're a survivor already. I finished everything in May and was so happy to see the end of it. Keep strong sister, you're almost there.
I’m so glad you are alright. Praying for all those who are fighting cancer. Sending you love.
It’s the whispers before they tell you which are heart wrenching…I was 47…one life ended another life started.
Going through the process now! This started mid-June with my annual Mammogram. Biopsies, surgeries, I'm going for mapping next week for radiation. In fact, I just found out I won't need Chemo yesterday. That was a huge relief! I've been lucky to have many prayer warriors and supporters, but they do seem reluctant to share my news with others. I've been open with everyone. I grew up in a home where everything was a secret!!! My greatest regret is that I didn't ask the questions then, that I don't have answers to now! Thank you for sharing your story!!!
Praying for you! You will beat this ♥️
You will get through this I will be thinking about you Marcia.
Sending prayers of healing your way!!🥰⭐️
Sending much love and support your way, Marcia! 💗
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I’m a survivor. It changed me completely! Diagnosed at 41
My beautiful daughter has just been diagnosed with stage 3 invasive cancer.
She has had a partial mastectomy and lymph nodes removed.
We now start the journey of chemotherapy for 12 months and then followed by radiotherapy.
I wish all cancer sufferers the best with their journey...
Australia 😘
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Wishing your daughter the best and you Mom. Take care and sending love and prayers your way.
I will be praying for your precious daughter and you! Such a daunting and stressful time. Much is the outcome is unknown! My best to your daughter! God bless! 😘🙏🏻
Praying for your daughter AND your journey.
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I am 74 yrs old and I was diagnosed with stage 2 Ca of the breast 2019 I went through 5 cycles of chemotherapy and 1 month of Radiation and now Cancer free I am advocating for Mammogram and breast examination for early detection.
God bless and keep you safe,im 76 and faced some of the same diagnosis,but ok now ,prayers my go to
Thank you, this video popped up on my feed....I went for my mammogram today for my second mammogram today. I am 42. Thank you for sharing the importance of it.
And, self examination; I found my breast cancer!
finding out that you have any illness that can change your life and lifestyle can be difficult physically, mentally, and emotionally. it can also be difficult on the people around you. best of luck to anybody and the people around them dealing with any health issues whether physical or mental. stay strong and keep fighting.
Thanks for the inspiring story Amy! I’m a stage 3 ovarian cancer survivor! Almost 5 years in remission now!
I was diagnosed last year at 32. I can surely tell you my life will NEVER be the same. Still unbelievable to me!! I’m sending my love to all those suffering.
I'm so excited i cured my Cancer with Dr Aluda herbal supplement.You can also visit his channel on RUclips #draluda he cures HSV 1&2 and HPV
Just awaiting chemotherapy after being diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. It's very scary despite the support of family and friends and being told I am a strong women. I am 76 years old and otherwise healthy but the fear has me in tears at times. Thankyou for this heartwarming video.
I feel the same way, newly diagnosed and will be doing a series of tests before chemo, terrified and struggling to be ready, in facing this ordeal
Such an important conversation to have. Don't shrink away from survivors of cancer. They are not just the same people they were before cancer, in many ways they are even better versions of themselves,
My husband was telling me they are working on a blood test that can detect cancer before you even start to develop tumors. The future looks hopeful! God bless!
All cancers are curable if they are detected early enough. The blood test will be a game changer.
cant wait , i went through it in 2012
just got my 9 year clear today
The Natster i hope so.
Yes, GRAIL is the company.
Get sick and you will find out who your true friends are
That is so sad..
I am here for you and wish you all the best.
ISN'T THAT THE TRUTH!
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You got that right! I had no family support, other than my aging mother and even that was limited. My only sister, frankly, didn’t care, wouldn’t care and still doesn’t. My five brothers were also nonexistent even though I had been there for other family members who struggled with serious health issues numerous times. I have no children. I had a supportive partner thank goodness, but family, no. Nothing. Very difficult pill to swallow. It will be three years on November 23rd since my diagnosis, and I still, at times, still struggle with the lack of caring.
100% true.
So good to hear from you Amy! I am a 57 year old female diagnosed with Stage 3 invasive ductile carcinoma with lymph node involvement. I had yearly mammograms and could not for the life of me understand how this happened to me. I had a double mastectomy, 8 rounds of chemotherapy and am now going through 25 rounds of radiation. It has been brutal physically and mentally. I believe a positive attitude has helped to get me through it. I’ve changed what I put in my body and how I treat my body. I’m getting through it and plan to live a very long life on this earth. I believe in the power of prayer.💝🙏🏻 It definitely helps to hear from other breast cancer survivors, so thank you!!!
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@@freeindeed8416 Thank you for your prayers. I appreciate it more than you know. You’re an angel.
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20 yeas out, diagnosed at 39. You go girl!
My doctor sent me at age 38. No one in my family had breast cancer.
I'm glad to see you are both ok.
So so proud of her. To share. We have all gone through tough times. God bless her and everyone needing prayers and support.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in March. I am over whelmed and I stay positive as much as I can. They can’t do anything for me cause of all the underlined illnesses I have they will treat me as long as my body will take. I can reject it within two years. I’d like to make a bucket list but I can’t.
I am so sorry! Prayers! You can do it, never give up. I am a childhood cancer survivor, stage IV, Nephroblastoma. Anything is possible. XOXO.
Lifting you up in prayer. Also, keep pushing through your struggles, joy IS on the other side of them.
To all of the survivors and people going thru this just know we ❤️ you!!!!!
You are so sweet, supportive and kind. Just finished 15 months of cancer treatment. I told cancer to get out of my way because I have alot of living to do.
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From one breast cancer sister to another thank you SO much for articulateing so well what it means to survive AND thrive🙏💪💕🌻
My mother had cancer and my youngest sister. I encourage family members that have a loved on that is dealing with this to be a very great support system to them.
I am so grateful you made it through that difficult time you are an inspiration
I’m a retired nurse five of my twenty year career were spent on an Oncology unit,I’ve been retired for forty two years now and I still remember my terminally ill cancer patients names and faces .
One in particular stands out in my memory,my daughter used to play with her granddaughter they lived right around the corner ,a year before she decided to see her Dr. her nipple had begun to itch ,by the time she decided to see him her nipple was all but gone.
I will never forget when we got her back from the O.R her Dr.spoke with. me,he said that it had metastasized throughout her entire body ,and his next statement I will never ever forget he said. “ cancer is as unpredictable as the proverbial,wind ,she was dead in six months .
I remember one particular work shop we had to attend on the terminally ill cancer patient,the person presenting asked us if we were to die ,there were about three hundred of us there ,we all raised our hands,her next statement has stayed with me for fifty years ,no she said “ it’s how we die” it’s so very true no one wants to suffer Amy Robach was so right in saying that people don’t want to talk about cancer if any kind really,this was very informative thank you
Thank you for nursing! My chemo nurses were so fabulous! They were attentive and loving and funny. I actually looked forward to chemo just to see them and catch up. When my treatments were over they had a funny song and celebration. I mean is it weird to say it was a good experience? Because of cool nurses it was bearable. (I’m in remission ;)
@@christinerayburn7251 oh I’m so happy to,hear that ,I hope you stay cancer free ,I’m glad you had a positive experience,no I don’t think it’s weird for you to say that at all my blessings to,you ❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you Amy, you look soo beautiful for 48, not to mention running marathons and climbing mountaims, what an inspiration! Wishing you all the best with your recovery and I will make sure to stay on top of my mammograms and self checks as I am growing older. Thank you!
That’s what’s so nuts isn’t it? She’s physically active, she’s a healthy weight, yet she still got breast cancer. 😭
She’s always been easy on the eyes
Thanks for sharing this. I cried. I too have been changed forever by this diagnosis.
Thank you so much Amy Robach and Robin! I'm a 2 time survivor and I've dedicated my RUclips to helping others on their cancer journey. Let's "talk" about breast cancer!
After 3 years of Mammograms and ultra sounds… every 6 months…. they still didn’t see it, until I fought for a biopsy for growing lump. I was 39, 42 when finally diagnosed. Now a 3 time survivor. I was told at the beginning that people don’t want to know, even in therapy I was told not to talk about it. I have never believed that to be true. Thanks for the story.
Wow,you were diagnosed 1 yr. And 1 day before me.10/31/2014.7yrs.ago...long...hard...journey. stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.GOD AND PRAYERS OF OTHERS BRINGS ME THROUGH.
If you have dense breast, INSIST on an ultrasound (especially if you have a family history of breast cancer).
Why ultrasound, and not mammogram?
@@Alba_1108 I think she means to have the ultrasound in addition to the mammogram. Dense breast tissue can hide masses and cause them to be missed by mammogram alone. Ultrasound can detect the mass through the dense tissue. I have dense breast tissue and always have to have an ultrasound done after my mammogram. Last week, the Dr found a suspicious mass via the ultrasound. I’m having a biopsy this coming week. Hopefully it’s nothing to be concerned about.
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3D mammograms are good for dense breasts. Ask for that one.
I remember seeing Amy’s story on GMA. I was diagnosed five months after her. She inspired me to stay positive and focus on the end of my treatment. Her book is great for survivors and those in active treatment. I am seven years in remission. And she is right/ cancer never leaves you. But I kicked it’s ass!
Three things change a person.
1. Death of a close person.
2. Getting a serious illness.
3. Immigrating to a different nation .
This was very helpful!
I saw that episode when she went in for her mammogram-my shock when her result turned positive. She does not have anyone in the family with cancer.
I am undergoing treatment and this one gave me sooooo much HOPE! As a warrior myself, I agree with you about all you said! 🙌
Hi just watched your story so inspiring ❤️ from 🇦🇺
I always looked up at this brave lady! Stay healthy.
Her message is SO powerful !!!
YOU ROCK AMY 💪💪💪 Admire your strength
I recently went thru this I’m 43 I had my mammogram and then then I asked to get a sonogram then they saw something and I went had a biopsy only to find out that it really wasn’t nothing it scared me for sure and always will
So Grateful you are sharing, Thank you!
Such a wonderful inspiration. Thank you for sharing your story!
Thanks for sharing your story amy ❤your a worrior sweetie . Sending prayers and love to you .🙏♥️
Thank you for talking about this! Love all the stories about these STRONG women!
ALL women are strong.
Yessss! Thank You. I'm overdue.
Thank you for sharing your story Amy and giving us encouragement love and light. Be safe healthy and well
Anytime a doctor says you have any kind of cancer, it changes you. Mine was skin cancer and had the tumor removed 2-21. This lady is right, you're at a high risk if getting it again. 😞
Finding out what I knew was something wrong with my body was terrifying. I was diagnosed with uterine cancer, the thought of not being here for all the milestones everyone dreams of shattered a wife and mothers soul. I got mad and I had a very colorful name (my poor mom would just shake her head every time I’d say it which was often😉)for my reproductive organs which gave me back the strength, I took away the terror it was trying so hard to alienate my thoughts. I had a total hysterectomy and appendectomy with 46 lymph nodes removed for study. During the waiting period of what my next phase was I would be going through is actually worse than the initial diagnosis. I was lucky very lucky, everything was removed and my margins were 100% clean. What Amy says is true, once you have cancer you’re even more susceptible to again receiving another diagnosis BUT until that time if and when it happens, I am living, laughing and being able to be here to love my new grandchild, husband, daughters and my precious little Yorkie sisters, Paisley and Pebbles. Fight like Hell, fight back like Hell even when you think you can’t. I continue to give thanks and pray that everyone battling this horrid disease and the toll it takes on families and friends are given grace and willpower to see it through. Get your damned mammogram, stay regular on your yearly female exams, it will save your life.
Your poor husband supported you through all that and you started an affair the minute you got the all clear
Can’t make this shit up
My stage 2 BC didn’t show up on a mammogram.. self exams are best…that’s how I discovered mine.
Me too………doing self exam saved my life! Mammogram failed to diagnose!
Still fighting after almost 11 months. Cancer changes your life forever. ❤️💪
No matter what cancer, people get uncomfortable talking about it. That’s why I always try and have a conversation about it when it comes up. I have visible scars and that’s fine, they are the reason I survived the cancer and can live a happy life now.
When I went through it as well at 40 years old. I had friends disappear. It's like when you say it they act like you said you have AIDS. Most women that I would talk to had a stunned look on their faces.
I think other women are as afraid as you are because they could be next so they don’t know what to say ❤️
Friends disappear with benign tumors, any chronic illnesses too, that's just how most people are.
I always thought she was just a pretty face but she is so much more she's very encouraging and I love the fact that she says she's in fight mode with cancer.
Such a powerful message! Take care of yourself and self medicate with good food, good sleep, good exercise (whatever that is for you), regular checkups, great relationships with yourself and others etc. etc. etc. Blessings to all those fighting the fight!
God Bless her with his Strength 😇🤗
Thanks for sharing your story 😊 🙏 🙂..
Thank you for sharing!!
I have to undergo my second cirgury next week, but I'm hopeful and I believe I'll be ok , I have faith🙏💪🎀
I needed this video. I got breast cancer for my birthday. Well it feels that way; received stage 2 diagnosis day before my 52nd birthday last month. Lucky me 2 weeks later found stage 1 tumor in my other breast. (Never even been lucky enough to win bingo) They suspected a growth on my ovary but thankfully its only a hemorrhagic cyst that will be monitored. So after 2 biopsies & 9 million tests I'll have a bilateral mastectomy on Nov 19th almost a month to the day of first diagnosis. All of this seem surreal still trying to mentally adjust to my diagnosis & upcoming surgery/treatment.
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I concur, I had breast cancer in 2018, it was devastating but I fought it and I am now four years in remission. Within two weeks, of chemotherapy I lost all my hair, it was hard.😇
I love my pink sisters.
I’m a BC survivor too. I am 5 years cancer free. I took control of my body too. The biggest change was cutting out sugar. Running every day with a weighted vest and lifting heavy weights. 32 lbs gone at age 58. Better than ever
What a woman. God bless you and your family.
God bless you. Great topic. We need more like this on air. Keep talking about Breast Cancer and Cancer in general. Can happen to anyone
I think it is not the breast part people are getting uncomfortable, but the cancer part. I think some people do not know what cancer is or does to the human body. There are people I know who think breast cancer is transmissable.
Three years, on 11/23, since my diagnosis. I am terrified of a recurrence. I try not to live in fear and most of the time I don’t, but it’s still scary. It’s been difficult trying to do all the “right” things. Don’t have family support and have had to deal with pretty high levels of stress since. My mother died last year and I had to help care for her in her final days and then administered her estate into 2021 with awful siblings who made my life hell. I also have other health issues that have since developed. Not sure at times how to cope with all the stress, which I know is cancer’s “best friend.” It sucks.
I had stage 2/3 breast cancer. I chose a double mastectomy, with no radiation or chemo. I pray to the Lord nothing comes back in my body.
All cancer survivors know that fear. Every time you get a CT scan or pet scan you get that fear. Every time I go can get blood drawn for my cancer center I get scared. I didn’t have breast cancer. I had stage 3 colon cancer mainly due to the tumor size but that fear stays with you
The fear stays with us………
@@max2lena yep it never goes away.
Thank you for sharing, Amy. I was diagnosed with Stage 2 invasive breast cancer in April 2013. I am 3 years older than you. Such a shock and it rocked my life. I'm a survivor and a thriver.
What a beautiful and inspiring discussion, Amy. I recently had a scare with a mammogram. I had a biopsy and thankfully, everything was benign, but it was weeks of worry and testing. God bless you and keep you healthy, as we need to hear all those other stories you have yet to tell!
Robyn is an Angel.
I really hope you succeed awesome in life.
No one is uncomfortable talking about breast cancer. We have a whole awareness month for it lol
The sad part is when you try to tell your friends to learn from your mistakes & focus on health, exercise, living a happier life, do less drinking… but it seems to fall on deaf ears & I can understand that too! I would have been the same a few years ago. But it’s sad to see that only a shock of some sort changes us enough to make a concerted effort for our life’s betterment!
Thank You Amy!! You Are An Amazing Woman! I Needed To Watch This Today- This Is My 3rd Time With Cancer!!! You Sp Right It Effects Your Body The Rest Of You Life! Thank you so Much 💓 For Placing A Smile On My Face Today!! Sending Huge Texas Hugs!! - Michael
Sending love and prayers and a full recovery 🙏💜
My grandma have breast cancer at 90
So inspiring Amy!
I'm a male and I don't see why you should be ashamed to talk about it you're a brave soul and you should be proud of it.
Amy you will come out of this bigger better stronger. And your so beautiful. I pray for you.
Thank you for your inspiration 🙏🏼
I drank match tea several times a day and feel like it cure me of whatever I had growing in my breast and praying for God to help me .
She's now wrecking homes
Those kids could of used your help with the epstein story, but it's all about you
I went thru the same thing 14 yrs ago. Her 2 positive v aggressive 1. Bt I did 15 months of chemo. N I'm still here. Recently gt my mammo n I'm gd. Dnt put it off. Call tody fr an appt!
Thank you!
Oh wow. Dear Lord. How lucky are you! Bless the day they brought that in for the testing! Saved your life!
You should check out dragon boat and see if there's a breast cancer team in your state!
We don't all start running marathons and climbing mountains. Do what feels right for you and don't feel guilty.
Save yur life. Yur worth it!🙂
Oh iam so sorry to hear love you you r the most beautiful anchor woman journalist
I really admire Amy Robach
The more that women talk about breast cancer 🎀 the easier it is to talk to others and family members about it. God Bless you Amy and Robin 🙏🕊
Looking well,my dear
Hope you continue to thrive
Warm Hugs
Breast cancer sucks. My s/o had it and it changed our lives forever. I think people feel uncomfortable because it reminds us all of our mortality. We make plans for the future. At least I do. When I retire, I"m going to learn that new language. I'm going to get my private pilot's license. I'm going to do (whatever). Cancer is the reminder that a. maybe...maybe not! and b. we're mortal and are going to die one day. You don't see that when you look at billboards of beautiful women. You don't see that when the ultra rich like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are shown on their mega yachts with beautiful women, living the life. Cancer is like the music stopping at a great party. I think that's why people are uncomfortable when they hear it.
Yeah…………the music stops; good description!
You are sooo pretty.
Amy looks even more beautiful without make up.
❤️❤️❤️
Very inspirational
Is she ?
First of all, the science says Mammary glands.