H ello My name is Elizabeth, I was diagnosed with Stage 3B Breast Cancer with 14 positive lymph nodes also cancerous. And HER+. All not good news .I was in the height of career and was the single parent of a very autistic daughter. Cancer was not in my plans! It totally changed and turned my life upside down. I was mad. I had a 6 cm tumor they had to operate right away. My parents were devestated!! It was tramatic, after the masectomy, they started the chemotherapy within 2 weeks,did I mention,they barely caught my cancer. Didn't know if I was going to make it. And were giving me 6 months to live!I started chemo and began to have heart problems. To this day. I have severe problems with along with lympadema in my right arm . Some women who get there lymph nodes removed due to cancer get lympadema.I do.I wear a compression sleeve for the rest of my life to keep the sweeling down.long term I see my oncologist every 6 months even 7 years later because the cancer was so bad. They make sure its not coming back. It can. So if you get this, and you feel like I can't do it any more. You can. Keep fighting. Keep STRONG! I'm r sister, I LOVE U! I GOT U! GOD GOT U! Beth

Elizabeth Welch
Omaha, NE