Perrian Myles was 40 years old when she was first diagnosed with cancer in her left breast. Now she’s 65 and doesn’t appear to be slowing down, but that wasn’t always the case.
Dora Ottati’s journey with Stage III breast cancer has taken her from devastation to gratitude. When she first felt a lump in her left breast, her husband was more concerned than she, but once she had a mammogram and biopsy, that changed. Her cancer was aggressive.
Mirtha Retes tears up when she discusses her cancer, so her husband, Cesar Vigil, speaks up, “She’s my life, my heart.” He’s not only her spokesperson, he’s her constant companion and caregiver.
When Vivienne Roberts went to Smith Clinic in December 2017 for her annual check-up, the radiologist saw something on her mammogram. Doctors ordered an ultrasound, then a biopsy. “Within three hours, my life changed,” she remembers.
In November last year, when Arlene Smith felt a cyst in her left breast, it scared her. She was too scared to go to the doctor. That didn’t change until February 2018.
Two of Carolyn Tran’s sisters have had breast cancer. So, it was no surprise that when she went to Harris Health Martin Luther King for her regular check-up in January, she was referred to Smith Clinic for a mammogram. Radiologists saw something in her right breast and ordered a needle biopsy. A week later, she received the diagnosis: breast cancer.