Collection: Breast Cancer Awareness

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. In honor of those who have been affected we support you! We know that God is a healer and is bigger than any sickness. By his stripes you are Healed! poweredbyIsaiah53:5

Featured BC Survivor Stories:

Meet Jamie:

I am a 15 year 4 time breast cancer survivor. I received my first diagnosis in March 2006 which brought on surgeries and chemotherapy. After doing well for 2 years I was diagnosed for the 2^nd and 3^rd time in 2009. More surgeries, radiation and once again had to go through chemotherapy. The chemo this time put me into congestive heart failure so I had to take a break from it then go back to taking it intermittently. Once again I was doing well then in 2015 I had surgery to remove the radiated skin because it was giving me some issues and this actually brought my 4^th diagnosis. We had no idea that there was a cancer tumor in my body but God did, and he lined everything up perfectly for it to be found. Otherwise we have no clue how long it would have been before it was located. BUT GOD! Thankfully no IV chemo this time, just a pill that I will take for the rest of my life. Through my entire cancer journey I knew that God was in control and I could feel his arms wrap around me and carry me. The peace that God gave to me is still something that I am in awe about. I was saved at the age of 7 so I have seen firsthand the awesomeness of God but I experienced his love and care for me on such a higher level during my cancer. He has been my solid rock, even on days when I didn’t have enough energy to even get out of the bed I knew that God had me. God gave me an amazing husband and two sons who gave me the strength to fight this battle and to continue to fight this battle. They all took amazing care of me and they still do. At this moment I am cancer free and I give God all the glory, praise and honor. I have experienced first-hand the goodness of God.  With each diagnosis I would cling to specific scripture. It was usually a scripture that God provided to me not only through others sending it to me but I would also see the scripture in so many places. A couple of verses that were revealed to me to cling to were Psalm 103:3, Psalm 30:3 and Proverbs 3:5-6. It is HE who healed me.

Meet Becky:

Around the first of July I found a lump while taking a shower. At the time I was away from home helping my Dad who is 86 harvest wheat. When I got home on July 4 I had to catch up on work .. when I went in on July 5 to catch up when the office was closed I found out our computer system had been struck with a cyber security attack. So my focus went to that instead of the lump I had found. In a couple weeks I made an appointment with my doctor and they assured me they thought it was nothing but thought I should have a diagnostic mammogram. The appointment was made and was 3 weeks away in August. In the mammogram nothing showed up but I knew it was there because I could feel it so they then did a sonogram. They could only see it because they marked where it was ... the doctor said it didn’t look like cancer but he thought we should do a biopsy to make sure and he set it up for a few days later. A week after the biopsy they told me I had invasive ductal carcinoma and basically scared me half to death with what they told me. Through all of these tests I hadn’t been fearful because I knew God had this but after this news I became fearful. The first surgeon they tried to get me in with did not return the calls to make an appointment for me. Which was very hard ... I had a friend that recently had breast cancer and she had recommended a surgeon so my husband called our family doctors office and had them call this surgeon ... by the end of the day they called back and I had an appointment. During this time I prayed for God to stop the lump from growing to keep it from spreading and to remove this cancer from my body and I stood on the “by his stripes we are healed scripture” plus more healing and live and not die scriptures. During this time I didn’t think the lump had changed much. The first week of September I had the surgeon appointment and she did a sonogram and ordered a breast MRI. The breast MRI only showed the one lump in the center and estimated it to be 2cm. After another appointment with the surgeon I decided to have a single mastectomy. On September 30 just days ago I had a mastectomy ... they found that the lump had formed some kind of barrier around it and hadn’t spread any where else. They only took one lymph node and found no cancer in it either. I know God didn’t heal me of the lump without surgery but I do believe that God put that barrier around it when my body could no longer fight it off or when it could have started to grow faster he slowed it down. My one week after surgery appointment is tomorrow and right now they don’t think I will have to do chemo or radiation and that is a miracle from God too. I also believe that God directed me to this surgeon who has been a true God send.

Meet Mary:

"I have dealt with anxiety and depression most of my life. Gave my life to Christ at the age of 27. The Lord didn't take away the anxiety and depression and it took me a long time to turn it over to Him. I always thought that if I was ever diagnosed with any type of disease, I would not be able to handle it and crawl under the covers and stay there. On September 2, 2020, I received the call that I had breast cancer. I didn't cry. I didn't get emotional. I didn't fall into my husband's arms. I immediately decided that God was in control and He would see me through this. I just felt peace and calm over the diagnosis. My mom asked why I had to have cancer. I told her why not? So many women go through so much more. My mom didn't understand that my strength and peace about the cancer came from the Lord. He was with me all the way. I had a minor complication with surgery and an infection where my lymph nodes were removed, but I still felt peace. I went through chemo with little side-effects. I had my head shaved to avoid watching my hair fall out. I didn't shed a tear. My hairdresser was a mess, but I was joking around. Went through radiation, and again had very little side-effects. I am one year cancer free now. I give all praise and glory to God. I sometimes can't believe I went through this, but if I didn't I would have never been drawn closer to the Lord and been able to witness to so many friends and family. I thank God for this journey. I thank God for my husband who took such good care of me (always has and still does!)"