Ramona applied in December, 2019 with no health insurance and no idea where to go for help. We referred her to apply for financial aid at UC/San Diego & she was approved for coverage for her breast reconstruction. Ramona had her mastectomy/expander surgery in May,2020 and will complete her implant based reconstruction in August,2020. The […]
Carla Johnson, 49 years old, is the sole provider for three children. Due to her diagnosis, Carla became unemployed and lost her insurance. She experienced difficulties with self-esteem following her mastectomy from breast cancer and also suffered from lymphedema. The AiRS Foundation referred Carla to the University of North Carolina and assisted her with applying […]
Alison is a 30-year-old mother to a 17-month-old daughter. She lost her own mother to breast cancer at a young age and she was subsequently diagnosed with the BRCA 1 gene mutation, making a breast cancer diagnosis likely. She is a stay-at-home mother and her husband is a Firefighter in the Austin, Texas area. Due […]
Mandy Ginsberg, CEO Of Match Group, has partnered with the AiRS Foundation to shine a light on a special issue related to breast cancer that is personally significant to her: reconstructive surgery after mastectomy…
I was diagnosed October 19,2015, on a routine visit to my OB. I never detected anything as cancer does not run in my family. I am the youngest of 15 siblings…
After I had my baby in 2014, I stopped breastfeeding and I developed mastitis and it lead into chronic subareolar abscesses. My symptoms were hot…
I found a lump while taking a bath. I didn’t have any symptoms that I knew of at the time…
In August 2010, Dallis Parker was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer, which had also metastasized to her liver and lungs. As part of her treatment, she underwent a unilateral mastectomy…
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