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For years, Keeshia Jones had regular mammograms without any sign of a problem. But in July 2018, her screening mammogram revealed something suspicious. After more testing, Keeshia learned she had breast cancer. As a longtime volunteer for the Jane Cremer Foundation, a southeastern Wisconsin organization promoting awareness of cancer and…
After my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, I couldn’t shake the fear that one day, I would face the disease as well. That day arrived decades later, but still much earlier than I’d expected. It was the fall of 2022, and I had gone in for my annual mammogram.…
Even before her diagnosis, Dara Kumbera knew what it meant to battle breast cancer. In her family, the illness was a familiar and unwelcome occurrence: her mother, grandmother, and cousin had all passed away from the disease. Dara’s own diagnosis came in 1998, when she was only 30 years old.…
Soon after turning 40 in December of 2019, Jaclyn Dillon had her first mammogram and it was all clear. Eight months later, she was at home during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic with her young daughter, who was celebrating her third birthday. “She knocked her head back on my…
After she was diagnosed in 2020 with stage IV breast cancer, Anna La Fontaine did what many do: She went online and Googled. Born and raised in Australia, she never could have imagined she would find a cherished friend living almost 10,000 miles away in the U.S. (or as they…
“Here and now.” That’s what matters most to ABCD Mentor Janice Cowden. She’s a mother, grandmother, and former pediatric nurse who’s also a passionate advocate for the metastatic breast cancer community. Janice was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011. Nearly five years later, doctors told her she had developed…
Robin Schwarz was a busy mother of two young children when she learned she had breast cancer. It was 2010, and Robin did not know anyone else who had been diagnosed. Then friends introduced her to another woman who had also faced breast cancer and wanted to offer support. The…
For Allison Casperson, some of the best moments are the ordinary ones: being outside with her sons, Ethan and Graham, watching them play soccer, hockey and baseball, or heading to the beach with her family. After spending months feeling like she was on the sidelines during breast cancer treatment, simply…
Since the day it was founded 25 years ago, ABCD has always been committed to Melodie Wilson Oldenburg’s founding vision: “No one should go through breast cancer alone.” This incredibly special and powerful video that debuted at ABCD’s 25th Anniversary Gala on June 15, 2024, features rarely seen footage of…
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