{"id":13332,"date":"2025-10-13T01:54:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T06:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/listening-to-my-intuition-my-breast-cancer-story-and-the-truth-about-dense-breast-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T08:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:57:36","slug":"national-metastatic-breast-cancer-awareness-day-a-letter-from-leslie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/national-metastatic-breast-cancer-awareness-day-a-letter-from-leslie\/","title":{"rendered":"National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day: A Letter from Leslie"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-13332\" data-postid=\"13332\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-13332 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_jkao260 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_s6w8005 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_q5e6000 image-center rounded drop-shadow  tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Metastatic-BC-Awareness-Day2025.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-13336\" title=\"Metastatic-BC-Awareness-Day2025\" alt=\"National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Metastatic-BC-Awareness-Day2025.jpg 900w, https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Metastatic-BC-Awareness-Day2025-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Metastatic-BC-Awareness-Day2025-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Metastatic-BC-Awareness-Day2025-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_05kp963 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_c8d8322\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Today, October 13, 2025, is National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. I am now almost eight years metastatic, and I am thriving.<\/p>\n<p>Almost eight years ago, I was diagnosed with stage IV de novo breast cancer just two months after receiving an <em>all-clear<\/em> mammogram and ultrasound. I had no symptoms, no warning signs \u2014 it was the shock of my life. I quickly learned that breast cancer had been hiding in my dense breast tissue, invisible on a mammogram, for possibly a decade.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>I Am Grateful<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I am grateful to still be here. Grateful for every sunrise, every hug, every ordinary moment that adds up to an extraordinary life. I am grateful for the doctors, researchers, friends, and family who have supported me since my diagnosis. And I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to turn my experience into purpose through <a href=\"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mi densidad importa<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 helping women learn what I didn\u2019t know soon enough.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>I Am Hopeful<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I am hopeful because I see progress. Awareness of dense breast tissue is growing. Conversations are happening in doctors\u2019 offices that never used to happen. More women are learning to ask the right questions, to understand their own risk, and to take action. Hope thrives in knowledge, and it grows stronger every time a woman learns about her breast density and takes action accordingly.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>But I Am Frustrated<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I am frustrated because, despite progress, too many women are still dying from breast cancer that could have been found earlier. Too many are still diagnosed at later stages. Too many women (and doctors) still assume a \u201cnormal\u201d mammogram means they are safe \u2014 when for women with dense breasts, that may not be true. Dense breast tissue can hide cancer and poses an increased risk, and yet so many women are still not being screened with available technologies beyond mammography when they should be. <strong>We know better \u2014 and we must <em>do<\/em> better.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>A Personal Ask<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>From me to you \u2014 please, find out your breast density and talk with your doctor about your additional screening options. Use the tools and the knowledge now available to you, so my story doesn\u2019t become your story.<\/p>\n<p>Cuanto <a href=\"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mi densidad importa<\/strong><\/a> website can help you understand what to ask, what to do next, and how to take charge of your breast health.<\/p>\n<p>Breast density hinders the early detection of breast cancer, and early detection saves lives.<br>Please, take action today!<\/p>\n<p>With gratitude,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leslie Ferris Yerger<br><\/strong>CEO &amp; Founder, <em>Mi densidad importa<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, October 13, 2025, is National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. I am now almost eight years metastatic, and I am thriving. 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And I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to turn my experience into purpose through <a href=\"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>My Density Matters<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 helping women learn what I didn\u2019t know soon enough.<\/p> <h3><strong>I Am Hopeful<\/strong><\/h3> <p>I am hopeful because I see progress. Awareness of dense breast tissue is growing. Conversations are happening in doctors\u2019 offices that never used to happen. More women are learning to ask the right questions, to understand their own risk, and to take action. Hope thrives in knowledge, and it grows stronger every time a woman learns about her breast density and takes action accordingly.<\/p> <h3><strong>But I Am Frustrated<\/strong><\/h3> <p>I am frustrated because, despite progress, too many women are still dying from breast cancer that could have been found earlier. Too many are still diagnosed at later stages. Too many women (and doctors) still assume a \u201cnormal\u201d mammogram means they are safe \u2014 when for women with dense breasts, that may not be true. Dense breast tissue can hide cancer and poses an increased risk, and yet so many women are still not being screened with available technologies beyond mammography when they should be. <strong>We know better \u2014 and we must <em>do<\/em> better.<\/strong><\/p> <h3><strong>A Personal Ask<\/strong><\/h3> <p>From me to you \u2014 please, find out your breast density and talk with your doctor about your additional screening options. Use the tools and the knowledge now available to you, so my story doesn\u2019t become your story.<\/p> <p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>My Density Matters<\/strong><\/a> website can help you understand what to ask, what to do next, and how to take charge of your breast health.<\/p> <p>Breast density hinders the early detection of breast cancer, and early detection saves lives.<br>Please, take action today!<\/p> <p>With gratitude,<\/p> <p><strong>Leslie Ferris Yerger<br><\/strong>CEO &amp; Founder, <em>My Density Matters<\/em><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13332"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13346,"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13332\/revisions\/13346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}