my name is sharon, i am 50 years old, and never been sick in my life, they told me last august that i had a rare form of breast cancer, (inflammatory breast cancer), i was told my mass was 8 cm large and already in my lymph nodes, it grows very quickly, so chemo started immediately from september of 2008 until end of march 2009, april 7 i had a radical mastectomy, then complications set in, two weeks later another surgery to remove an abcess of infection. in june radiation treatments started (35 of them), i am now at home recovering from these treatments, skin reactions they call it. this cancer wants to kill you quick, and i have beaten the odds, the chemo was very successful, and i am trankful to be alive. the american cancer society has been extremely helpful. the word cancer most definately is not a death sentence. keep positive, eat right and close the door on doubt and disbelief. be open about it to everyone, you will be amazed at the support that is out there.
SHARONHUMBLE, TX