Bob Trafter

May 9, 1954 – April 28, 2017 Journey, what journey? This has been more like a trip to hell and back. In 1995. I felt something right under my right […]

Brock Bowles

August 28, 1945 – September 16, 2004 Brock and I were in Aspen, CO for a wedding in November 2001 when Brock found a lump in his right breast.  Brock […]

Ronald Spruit

7/18/1975 – 6/12/2026 – age 49 It was in the summer of 2017 that he suddenly felt a lump in his left breast while swimming. Ronald also noticed that his […]

Marlyn Washburn

Dec. 7, 1950 – May 26, 2017 Marlyn had been a diabetic for many years.  Unsatisfied with his current PCP (doctor), he switched to Pat’s doctor.  The first A1c blood […]

Garry Davis

March 5, 1963 – December 26, 2025 The lump in my breast was first noticed on December 24, 2020, by my wife Brenda when she noticed something different in my […]

Galen Johnson

1961 – June 15, 2026 About the time Covid-19 started, I felt a small bump on my chest. I figured it was an abscess because I had had them before.  […]

Tony Elkins

1987 – August 30, 2021 Tony’s story is way too short. But cancer in general in our family is way too long.  Tony lost his grandmother to breast cancer in […]

Howard “Howie” Plotnik

2/14/61 – 6/10/14 Howie discovered a lump in his right breast in 1999 at age 39. He went to the doctor and had it biopsied. It came back inconclusive. He […]

Ambrose Kirkland

January 27, 1961 – December 30, 2022 On November 01, 2001, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. This condition may not raise eyebrows unless it happened to you, and you […]

Allen Wilson

10/10/51 – 05/22/2023 My breast cancer was discovered while playing basketball with my youngest son, when I caught an elbow or shoulder into my right nipple. There had been a […]