Background / History

BreastCancerStories.org is an online support network where patients and care givers can write, read and share their experiences with loved ones and with one another. What truly makes BreastCancerStories.org different from a traditional blog site is that the stories are all searchable by location, age, type of breast cancer / treatment, marital status, ethnic background and more. It's very therapeutic to find others going through a similar situation, read their stories and even connect with them directly through the website.

BreastCancerStories.org launched in June of 2006. Since that time as many as 10,000 people have visited the site each month to share their stories and/or to read and connect with others. Because the world of blogging has taken off dramatically over the last few years, the organization has decided to focus its (primary) efforts on the development of a new, local breast cancer support program called MY BREAST CANCER SUPPORT (My BCS). BreastCancerStories.org as it exists today (with a few technology updates) will remain in place and will continue to be the registered non-profit name of the organization.

My Breast Cancer Support

The objective of BreastCancerStories.org’s new My Breast Cancer Support program is to work with the local community hospitals / cancer centers to develop a support tool kit that will help their patients as well as family members to better cope while someone is going through treatment.

The hospitals we are working with include Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Wentworth Douglas Hospital, Exeter Hospital, Frisbee Hospital, York Hospital and the York County Cancer Center.