For some people with early-stage breast cancer, treatment may continue after surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation. With long-term hormone (endocrine) therapy, there may be more questions, changes, and challenges that often go unspoken.
About Damn Time is giving a voice to a chapter of breast cancer that has gone unspoken for too long. A chapter where treatment can continue for years. Where “grateful” and “struggling” can exist at the same time. Where asking questions isn’t complaining. And where survivorship doesn’t mean you stop needing information, guidance or support.
All breast cancer survivors in the video and on the website have been compensated for their participation.
Brooklyn: There are some things no one really prepares you for.
Megan-Claire: Hormones.
Alicia: Motherhood.
Dani: Relationships.
Alice: Starting over.
Dani: Feeling scrutinized.
Alicia: Becoming invisible.
Alice: And what happens after initial breast cancer treatment.
Megan-Claire: People call it “survivorship.”
Dani: Long-term treatment.
Alicia: Hormone therapy.
Alice: It’s the part that no one really talks about.
Megan-Claire: People may think you’re ‘done’ after surgery or chemo or radiation…but often, you’re not.
Dani: You’re still adjusting –
Alicia: To your body.
Brooklyn: Your sex life.
Alice: Your mental state.
Megan-Claire: Your relationships.
Dani: Even the way you see yourself.
Alice: What you’re going through can feel overwhelming.
Alicia: Exhausting.
Dani: Loud.
Megan-Claire: While what gets quiet are the answers.
Alicia: The guidance.
Megan-Claire: And sometimes, the support.
Brooklyn: Some days, you may not recognize the woman looking back.
Dani: And when you’re already carrying so much –
Alice: It can be hard to feel seen.
Megan-Claire: Understood.
Dani: Or prepared for what comes next.
Alice: It’s About Damn Time for a change.
Megan-Claire: It’s About Damn Time we told each other what we’ve learned.
Dani: Talked about the hard parts.
Brooklyn: Asked more questions.
Alicia: Spoke up sooner.
Megan-Claire: And found the women who already get it.
Alice: It’s About Damn Time we get louder about the quiet parts of breast cancer –with honest stories, practical tools, and support from women who’ve been there. Because every woman’s experience is different.
Brooklyn: But no woman should have to figure it out alone.
Alice: When it comes to breast cancer survivorship, it’s About Damn Time we said the quiet part out loud.
Everyone sees the big treatment milestones and expects you to exhale. But in their excitement for you, they might miss what happens next.
For many women with early-stage breast cancer (eBC), the end of chemo, radiation, or surgery is just the beginning of years of long-term hormone therapy, unexpected realities, and the constant fear of recurrence.
It is time to say the quiet part out loud. Speak up about what comes next with your care team, get answers, and find guidance that actually fits your life. You do not have to carry this weight alone—millions of breast cancer survivors are navigating this path today, or have paved the way before you.
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