If you haven’t heard by now, March is Women’s History Month! VBCF wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for five local women frustrated by the lack of support available for women with breast cancer – founders Phoebe Antrim, Judi Ellis, Patti Goodall, Sherry Kohlenberg, and Mary Jo Kahn. In this blog, we’ll honor Women’s History…
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You may have heard the news that both of the local Boards of Directors for Virginia’s two Susan G. Komen affiliates – Central & Eastern Virginia, based in Richmond, and Blue Ridge, based in Roanoke, have decided to close their doors rather than participate in Komen’s national reorganization to centralize operations from its national office…
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Tara, Henrico Please tell us when you were diagnosed and at what age. I was diagnosed on August 1, 2018 at the age of 37. What stage and type of breast cancer were you diagnosed with? I had stage 3 triple negative invasive ductal carcinoma How was your breast cancer initially detected? I found a lump…
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Jackie, Mechanicsville Please tell us when you were diagnosed and at what age. I was first diagnosed in 2008 at the age of 54. I was diagnosed a second time in 2011. What stage and type of breast cancer were you diagnosed with? In 2008 my cancer was Stage 1 invasive DCIS estrogen positive. In 2011 I…
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Kim, Goochland Please tell us when you were diagnosed and at what age. I was diagnosed in August 2014, having just turned 49 years old. Please tell us when you were diagnosed and at what age. I was diagnosed in August 2014, having just turned 49 years old. What stage and type of breast cancer were you…
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