Survivor
Hi I am a two time surviror, the first time I found out was from a dream followed up by a mammogram, the second time was five years later which occured in both breasts this time by a mammogram only. This To Shall Pass!
My Journey
I was diagnosed Aug 04 2010 early stage 3 breast cancer, I have just started my journey of chemo. I'm an extremely lucky girl that my partner had made me feel important enought to go and have a mammogram I had no idea that I had a problem he had noticed a dimple and thought how do I make her go without causing her too much alarm. So how lucky am I?? In Australia at 50 we are entitled to free mammograms so he used my birthday as an excuse to have it done!! He said Rembrandt had painted a woman back in the 1600's Bathsheba and he believes this woman had advanced cancer, I'm very lucky to have had an observant partner!! I am a myotherapist and started studying Oncology Massage to help people step up to the challenge, I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd have to step up, but in saying that how well does this journey equip me to help others!!
Breast Cancer
Cancer has been a part of my life since I was small, my grandmother had Breast Cancer and chose to have a masectomy,my sister had a seizure and found out that she had Stage 4 Brain Cancer and passed away almost 2 yrs ago, my father had Colon, Liver and Lymphnode Cancer and I still chose not to have a Mammogram and I am 42 yrs young. I went for a physical and the Dr. did a breast exam and found something that did not fill right to her and this was June of this year, she then scheduled a Mamm. for me and they found a mass and I knew before I had the biopsy that I had Breast Cancer. I chose to have a masectomy but still had to have 33 radiation treatments. I am now done with them and will from now on have a Mamm. on my right breast til I die. Thanks to my Dr. I still would never had the first one done. I am a SURVIVOR.
My sister is still battling breast cancer
My sister Tina Hunt found a lump in her breast about a year ago and come to find out it was cancer. She had the lump removed and thank god that she didn't have it in her lymph no-ids. Well she went through a strong chemo treatment and radiation and they thought that it would do the trick but guess what 1 month and half ago she started getting these bad headaches and she went to the doctor well he sent her home and told her it was a migraine's but it didn't seem to get better so she went to another doctor and he sent her for a ct scan on her head and they found to tumors on her brain. she had surgery on the largest one about 3 days later and they left the other one. She has the type triple negative breast cancer that usually appears in most African American women. She has a very aggressive breast cancer. She has been accepted in a trail version in Columbia South Carolina and just took her first treatment Monday . She is the strongest woman that i know. She is my oldest sister and she is just a jewel of a person, she is also a christian. She tells me this verse with god all things are possible. That verse is so true i know that we have a loving god and he will heal her of this terrible thing we call cancer. I hope that this story can help the cancer society because of all things we need in this world is love hope and a cure for cancer. I have moved to South Carolina to be here with my sister
Teresa Gilpin
Very Aware
I also found a lump in my left breast but thought it was just swelling from my period....when the lump did not go away for 4 months I finally admitted to myself that this could be more....with no family history as I was adopted, I did see my doctor...as I was 46 at the time..I was never told I should have an annual mammogram. I was sent for a biopsy and was told it was nothing.....1 month later I was contacted by the "Breast Cancer Center" at my local hospital and told I needed a lumpectomy. Myself and my husband sat in the hospital and cried together...not sure of what was to come. I was one of the lucky ones it was not Cancer!!!!! But I will never put anything off again......Early detection ladies!! Don't wait!!!!
Keep fighting.
Hello my name is Barbara and I am 54. I had a mammogram last October.
In September,after feeling something was not quite right I went to the doctor and then the hospital,had another mammogram and ultrasound and biopsies.
I had invasive ductal carcinoma but had spread to the lymph glands inderneath the arm. So the only option was a masx and lymph node clearance.I had the op last Tuesday morning and was out the next afternoon complete with drains. I am living breast free but thank God I am alive.
Please ladies and men do a monthly examination. I had no prior close relations with bc.!
Self exams are critical for young women!
At thirty years old I found a small lump. It never occurred to me that this could be cancer. I was young, healthy, and had no family history. The doctor wanted to remove what he thought was a harmless fibroid tumor. The next day I received the call that would change my life as well as the lives of my entire family. I had invasive ductal carcinoma. It is amazing how quickly a person can become fluent in doctor jargon. I had caught my cancer early, but it was her 2 positive, so my treatment plan had to be aggressive to prevent a reoccurrence. After enduring chemo, radiation, and five years of hormone suppression therapy I am now a seven year survivor! I tell everyone that will listen to me that a self exam saved my life. My first mammogram would not have been done until the age of forty and by that time it would most definitely have been too late! Young women do get breast cancer!
2 YEARS!!
2 YEARS!!
Since I was 38 years old I have had a mammogram every year. I found a lump in my breast back then that turned out to be nothing. So in April 2008 when the doctors office called me back for another mammogram because they thought they seen something, I wasn't worried. Just 2 days later I was back in the doctors office setting an appointment to schedule surgery..I had breast cancer! Even now, 2 years later when I hear myself say that I still can't believe that "I" had breast cancer! But thanks to early detection and yearly mammograms I am 2 years Cancer-Free!
I tell my story to everyone I know because you don't have to have cancer in your family or be overweight to be diagnosed!
Back in March I ran my first 5-K with my Son and we we were in the top 25 in our region to raise the most money! This year I starting early with raising money..ALL women need to have a mammogram..Just like me it could save your life!
On the way
My story has recently started...
Just one month ago... one biopse confirmmed what I didn't suspect : Breast Cancer...
Since then, everything has run fary fastly... I was operated ten days ago and in one or two weeks I'll start with Quimio...
Since the first "bad new" I've faced this like a way... I mean it's my body which is creatin' this cellular dissorder... so I'm not goin' to fight (for me it's like I would fight against myself, and that's something I won't do...) That's the main.reason I haven't added other pages in Facebook (here, in Spain, all pages for Breast Cancer are titled ike "Fight against..." "War against"... and things like that... ) Yours is the only one I've found that doesn't use words like that...
In my mind... is much more important to help my sane-body (almost a 95%) to "convince" these mad cells... to give up their "suicide"... (if they "eat" me... there'll be a moment where there won't be nothin'else to eat...)
I'm helping myself with meditation, Reiki and a very good (& near to me) Psychologist. In my day to day I try to face this "dissorder" with lots of sense of humor...(even black-humor sometimes...) and I feel gratefull for the people that are near to me in this very special moment of my life... I'm receiving lots of support and love... so I'm even gratefull (and I know it'll seem too hard) to my Cancer, 'cause it has given to me the chance to let me know all the people who care and love me...
I'll try to stay positive in tha next months... though I know it's the hardest part of the way I'll have to walk... but I find myself strong enough to try !!!
Thanks for your page !!!
Never Miss Your Mammogram Screening
Never Miss Your Mammogram Screening
I had just come home from holiday and on checking my mail realised I had missed my three year screening appointment. I briefly thought about putting off making another appointment but that angel on my shoulder made me make the call. I got a second appointment, had the mammogram on the due date and a week later got a letter asking me to go to the Screening Centre for a follow-up mammogram. I feared the worst and I was right. I had triple negative breast cancer. The tumour was too deep to be felt by manual examination and there were no outward signs or symptoms. The tumour could only be found by mammography!! I subsequently had a lumpectomy, followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. I don't know what the future holds for me as there are no drugs for triple negative, only treatment is chemo and radiotherapy, but my future would have been a lot less positive if I had not made that call . Mammography saved my life. On a lighter note I had an excuse to buy a bright pink jacket to show my support for all cancer sufferers. Yes there has been tears and dark moments but there has also been lots of laughter and fun. My greatest worry was how big a hat could I get for my son's wedding which was 6 weeks after my last treatment. I didn't wear a wig. I wore my baldness like a badge of honour for the battle I was fighting. I won the battle and am still fighting the war.I have great love and support from my family and friends even from staff where I do my regular shopping. People are so kind and caring. In the words of the song "I will survive". Strength and peace to all.
