This could be your mum, your sister, aunt, niece or friend. Someone just like Shauna, Miriam or Melanie.
Not one of them thought it would happen to them. Please read their stories and make the decision to become actively breast aware.
If you’d like to support local women affected by breast cancer, consider taking part in our Support Your Girls campaign and have a girls’ night in.
Yvonne Alderdice (43), from Bangor, is married to Dave and has three children, Zoe (13), Ross (12) and Ciara (10). She was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago and since then has picked her life up again and even run the Dublin marathon. She is a keen advocate of checking yourself for anything out of the ordinary.
When Claire was diagnosed with breast cancer, her two boys were only 18 months and six years old. She had recently been for a mammogram, so when she found a lump on her breast she wasn’t overly worried but still approached her GP about it.
Claire explains how important it is to get to know your own breasts.