Breast Cancer Survivor Quotes - Page 2

• I've been a rock star since you were very young. But I've never encountered anything as powerful as cancer.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Stars, Powerful, Cancer

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• Having had cancer, one important thing to know is you're still the same person at the end. You're stripped down to near zero. But most people come out the other end feeling more like themselves than ever before.

  Kylie Minogue

  Zero, Cancer, People

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• Most breast cancer-related deaths can be prevented through simple and painless preventive measures. A late diagnosis can result in more serious, long-term consequences.

  Olympia Snowe

  Cancer, Simple, Long

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• I plan on ... encouraging so many women who are out there, who are still in the thick of it, who have yet to fight this fight, that you can do it, you can get through this one step at a time.

  Amy Robach

  Cancer, Fighting, Steps

  Amy Robach (2015). “Better: How I Let Go of Control, Held On to Hope, and Found Joy in My Darkest Hour”, p.194, Ballantine Books

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• The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Inspirational, Get Well, Cancer

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• If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or fight like hell.

  Lance Armstrong

  Inspirational, Sports, Children

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• Don't sit around playing Mr. Tough Guy. Don't say 'It's going to go away'... It's just important - just go get checked out. It's not like you're going to lose your manhood.

  Peter Criss

  Cancer, Guy, Important

  "Original KISS drummer celebrates surviving breast cancer". Interview with Madison Park, edition.cnn.com. October 15, 2009.

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• I laughed more in the hospital than I ever have in my life, making fun of all the weird things that were happening to me.

  Christina Applegate

  Fun, Cancer, Weird Things

  "Christina Applegate's Life After Breast Cancer" by Monica Corcoran, www.womenshealthmag.com. September 19, 2013.

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• We never hid anything from the kids. I feel whole again, I really do. I've told them, 'Mommy's boo-boo is much better now.'

  Wanda Sykes

  Cancer, Kids, Feels

  "Wanda Sykes: I Feel Whole Again" by Julie Jordan, people.com. October 27, 2011.

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• I personally know women who are Breast Cancer survivors and will do all I can to support the cause. Besides, I love boobies!

  Jane Wiedlin

  Cancer, Support, Survivor

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• I am a breast cancer survivor. I was intrigued to learn how many people prefer to talk to someone if they are familiar with their face, like an actor or a politician. So, I began traveling around the country and doing speeches.

  Diahann Carroll

  Country, Cancer, People

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• My mom, she's a breast cancer survivor and because of that I had started getting mammograms once a year, starting at age 30.

  Kate Walsh

  Mom, Cancer, Years

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• And I'll tell you, honestly, folks that I talk to, the 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in America, that I am one of, understand that we're done with insurance companies dropping us or denying us coverage because of - because we have a preexisting condition.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Cancer, America, Survivor

  "Reps. Ryan, Wasserman Schultz on 'FNS'". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 21, 2010.

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• For people who dont know me, I practiced medicine in Casper, Wyoming for 25 years as an orthopedic surgeon, taking care of families in Wyoming. Ive been chief of staff of the largest hospital in our state. My wife is a breast cancer survivor.

  John Barrasso

  Cancer, Years, Medicine

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