Louisiana’s Young Breast Cancer Survivor Network

Relationships

A cancer diagnosis affects the patient, as well as the people around her.

A breast cancer diagnosis affects the patient, as well as the people around her – husbands, partners, kids, friends, caregivers and more. And it can change relationships, with the woman and the people around her reacting in ways that are both good and bad. Listen to these women as they talk about their relationships and get some advice as to how to handle your own.

Dating and Relationships

How would guys feel if they knew I had breast cancer? These women have experience telling their significant others they have breast cancer. Let them guide you as you make the decision to tell your loved ones.

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Dating as a Young Breast Cancer Patient

Krystle discusses the difficulties of handling a breast cancer diagnosis in a new relationship.

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Familial Relationships After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Krystle Hensley, a young breast cancer survivor, shares how her diagnosis affected her relationships in her family.

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Social & Family Relationships When Dealing With Cancer Diagnosis

Dr. Mary Kathryn Rodrigue discusses how relationships with family and friends can change after being diagnosed with cancer and how to navigate these relationships during your treatment.

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Communication With People In Your Sphere

Dr. Mary Kathryn Rodrigue discusses the importance communicating your emotions and how you feel to family, friends, and medical staff and how it can benefit your cancer treatment and mental health.

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Bertina Dent

A Louisiana young breast cancer survivor discusses how important support, including resources such as SurviveDAT, is for young woman battling the disease. She stresses how important it is for woman to receive support – and provide it.

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Chiquita McKinley

A young breast cancer survivor in Louisiana tells her story, finding the lump, being diagnosed, telling her children, losing her hair and the value of support, including SurviveDAT - especially when she was struggling to balance her home and work life.

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Michelle: A Survivor’s Child Tells Her Story

Michelle was eight years old when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. In this video, she talks about that experience, provides advice to people talking to children about cancer. She also talks about the risk she faces as the child of a survivor.

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Support and Survivorship

Young breast cancer survivors talk about how important support is – whether it’s from family, friends, support resources, but especially how meaningful it is from other young women who have made the same journey.

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