Survivor Stories

I was lucky. Because I had my bilateral mastectomy after chemotherapy, I had ample time to consider my options, a luxury many breast cancer patients don't have.
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My experience with ovarian cancer.
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My history with ovarian cancer began three years before my diagnosis, when my younger sister was diagnosed with Stage IIIC ovarian cancer at the age of 46 in August 2003.
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The idea of breast cancer wasn't new to me when I felt a lump in my breast three months after I missed my scheduled mammogram in 2000
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I was diagnosed October 25th, 2005 with an aggressively-growing estrogen-driven breast cancer on my right breast. I had a (big) lumpectomy and a bilateral reduction at the same time, ACT for the chemo and 5 weeks of radiation.
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On the morning of my birthday in December 2003, I looked into the mirror and thought to myself, "Damn, forty looks good on me!"  Six months later I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. 
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I used to be a shy woman who didn't like the spotlight and never did any public speaking. Ovarian cancer has changed all that.
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My name is Kathy Hynes Kadish and I have been metastatic for 9 1/2 years.
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I was diagnosed with breast cancer back in 1993 and it was a great shock to me.  I came to SHARE even before I had my surgery because I needed to talk to someone.
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I never meant to be an advocate. Even though my first breast cancer was in 1995 with a recurrence in 2000, I didn't realize until 2005 that individuals could be Breast Cancer Advocates.
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I'm a 19-year breast cancer survivor, and I co-facilitate two SHARE support groups in Queens.
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When I came to SHARE, I was warmly welcomed by the people here, and I more or less felt at home right away.  So I have been volunteering for SHARE for about two years now.
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