![]() My treatment began with chemo. Chemotherapy is easier for many people these days than it used to be, so I went into it bravely and with high hopes, but my experience was not a good one. And though my cancer was at an early stage, I learned that having chemo isn’t always based on the size or type of cancer you have but also on the hormonal makeup of it.īefore treatment could begin, I had surgery to install the chemo port and have my lymph nodes tested. I didn’t like the port, but I got used to it. And some nerves were severed during the lymph node removal process, giving me a lot of nerve pain in my arm and breast for a few weeks. That said, the lymph node testing came back fine-the cancer had not spread there, and that was great news!įurther, during this period I had genetic testing to determine if my cancer was inherited. My mother is also a breast-cancer survivor, and my father is a skin-cancer survivor (skin cancer can be linked to breast cancer) so it was a concern for my doctors. I’m very happy to report these tests came back negative-not genetic. This is great not only because it puts my relatives in the clear, but because genetic breast cancer is treated even more aggressively than the non-genetic kind. The good news is that it was stage 1, slow growing, and completely curable. The prescribed course of treatment included chemotherapy, lumpectomy, and radiation. All of which led to the dreaded diagnosis that the mass in my right breast was cancer. ![]() After my initial mammogram, there were more mammograms, numerous ultrasounds, two needle biopsies, and an MRI. ![]() ![]() ![]() In February of 2016 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I get my mammograms every year like clockwork, with full confidence that I’ll always have the same good results I’ve had thus far-so it was shocking to me to find out there was even a chance anything was wrong. ![]()
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