THE GALLERY'S NEW ADDITIONS
Each person in the "Faces of Breast Cancer Gallery" represents the approximate 1000 that are diagnosed every two days in the US. The Gallery opened November 12, 1997. Nearly a million people have been diagnosed in the US since then.
If you have breast cancer, the BRCA-1 gene or one of the other breast cancer genes and would like to be in the Gallery, please email me your photo and the following information: name, state/country, profession and/or major hobby, age at diagnosis (optional), month/year of diagnosis, how your cancer was found, were you told to "wait and watch" or something else that could have or did delay your diagnosis, treatment, lymphedema, remission or mets to where and, if you have a site, your site address.
If you have a friend or relative who has breast cancer, please send me their picture and information. If they are deceased, please send me their date of birth and death also.
Those of you already in the Gallery, may update your information or photo at any time.
Please let me know if you find a broken link or if a link goes to the wrong Gallery.
Please bookmark the Gallery and put a link to it on your site, too! Thanks! Susan
NEW ADDITIONS
Uhl, Stefanie
Germany
Lump found by her, doctors assured her they were 99% sure it was nothing
Age at diagnosis: 37
Diagnosed August, 2002, 2.1 cm bumor, all nodes clean, Her2Neu -, Hormone receptor -
Treatment: Lumpectomy and 20 lymph nodes removed, 6 cycles of chemo (FEC), 30 radiation treatments
Complementary treatments: Qi Gong and Yoga
(Stefanie, added to the Gallery on April 24, 2003 represents those diagnosed April 24-25, 2003.
The total diagnosed since the Gallery opened on November 12, 1997 is 984,000.)
Riss, Toni Pallett
Call center consultant
Texas, USA
Found the lump herself the night after a laptop fell out of an overhead bin on a flight and hit her in the chest.
Was told by three doctors that since the lump moved and hurt, it couldn't be breast cancer even though breast cancer ran in the family.
Age at diagnosis: 46
Diagnosed August, 1999, Infiltrating ductal carcinoma, ER/PR positive, Her2 negative, no nodes,
aneuploid, KI-65 high, S phase high, Grade III tumor
Treatment: 4 cycles of Taxotere and Cytoxan, 6.5 week of radiation
Diagnosed with bone mets March, 2000
Treatment: Aredia, femara
Lymphedema
(Toni, added to the Gallery on April 22, 2003 represents those diagnosed April 22-23, 2003.
The total diagnosed since the Gallery opened on November 12, 1997 is 983,000.)
Dyer, Julie
Medical Secretary
Indiana, USA
Age at diagnosis: 43
Diagnosed December, 2000
Found the lump herself in the shower
Treatment: 5 months chemotherapy, 32 radiation treatments
Currently showing no evidence of disease
(Julie, added to the Gallery on December 30, 2002 represents those diagnosed December 30-31, 2002.
The total diagnosed since the Gallery opened on November 12, 1997 is 927,000.)
Griggs, Shelley
Age at diagnosis: 24
Diagnosed September, 2001, 2 nodes, ER/PR+, Her2Neu-
Found the lump herself
Treatments: Lumpectomy, 4x AC, 4x Taxol, radiation, Tamoxifen
Currently showing no evidence of disease
(Shelley, added to the Gallery on May 20, 2002 represents those diagnosed May 20-21 2002.
The total diagnosed since the Gallery opened on November 12, 1997 is 816,000.)
Hartley, Nancy Lynne
Died of breast cancer on July 18, 2001
Ohio, USA
Age at diagnosis: 45
Diagnosed February, 1998, 3.5 cm tumor, clear margins no nodes, ER-/PR, Her2Neu-
Lymphedema
Treatment: MRM, TRAM flap, 4 x AC
Diagnosed January, 1999, mets to both lungs
Treatment: Gemzar, Taxotere, MitoExtra, Tamoxifen, Femara, Gemzar+Navelbine
(Nancy, added to the Gallery on May 18, 2002 represents those diagnosed May 18-19, 2002.
The total diagnosed since the Gallery opened on November 12, 1997 is 815,000.)
BCforum is the chat room where the Internet Breast Cancer Support Group meets. If you need support either because you have breast cancer or know someone who does, I urge you to come join us. We meet at 8 pm EST every evening for information, hugs and laughter!
We also have meetings for the men in the lives of those with breast cancer. These meetings are held Wednesdays at 8 pm EST (New York time) in the Men'sRoom. If you're a person with breast cancer, please tell your husband/significant-other/son/brother/father/friend/co-worker the room is for them.
The Men'sRoom is hosted by David, his wife was treated for breast cancer in 1993.
To get to the Men'sRoom, click on the heart. 
Please email me if you have any problems accessing BCforum or the Men'sRoom!
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A percentage of each item purchased through this link
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Number of people who visited this site since October 1, 1997:
+ 148,000