I was 23 years old and was raising my beautiful 3 month old son when I first felt the lump, I shook it off thinking that it was a blocked milk duct since I was breast feeding. After a few weeks of trying to unblock the milk duct I went and saw my OB who thought the lump was from a breast infection and treated me with antibiotics. The lump decreased in size drastically so I didn't think much else about it until 3 months later when it started growing. I went back to my OB and he sent me to a general surgeon to have it removed thinking it was a lactating adenoma and why wouldn't he I was 23 and had no family history of breast cancer. I saw the general surgeon on February 28th he did a biopsy just to confirm and on march 4 he confirmed my worst fears! I had breast cancer and after MRIs and lymph node dissection I knew my tumor was 4cm and I was stage 3a ductile carcinoma! I quickly started chemo I did 6 rounds of a TAC regimen, I was lucky enough to not have many side effects and was able to work full time and not miss a minute of my sons first year! I finished chemo July 11, my tumor had decreased to less than 1 cm! On August 23rd I went in for my surgery I had the free tram flap surgery and can now say I am cancer free! Losing was never an option for me!

Amy
Macon, GA