Believe… 
in love, prayers and support
Bret Miller
April 28, 2010, I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Breast Cancer, I was 24 years old. I was diagnosed after having the lump for over seven years. I first found the lump my senior year of high school; after going to two different doctors, I was told it was a calcium build-up and would eventually go away.
The lump was directly below my right nipple, about lima bean size. It eventually would discharge a yellow-orangish liquid that led me to believe it was the calcium build-up dissipating, but was I wrong… Upon diagnosis, my surgeon told me that I was not the first male he had performed a mastectomy on, and I would not be his last. He did, however, say that of all the men he had treated before, I could be the first to speak out and make a difference, “the face of male breast cancer” were his words. That hit me hard that no one was very outspoken about being diagnosed as a male, probably because it felt emasculating.
That’s when I decided this must change, we immediately started the Bret Miller 1T Foundation to build awareness of Male Breast Cancer through the knowledge of survivors. In 2014, myself and Cheri Ambrose created the Male Breast Cancer Coalition. Today, survivors worldwide share their stories and educate everyone about Male Breast Cancer.
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