My name is Amelia (Amy) Plunkett. I found my lump in my left breast on Tuesday July 23, 2013. I went through testing and found out it was cancer on August 8th. Stage 2, with 1 lymph node involved. I had a skin sparing mastectomy on September 9 and started the reconstruction process at the same time. My surgeon took 6 lymph nodes out, one had cancer. I had chemo starting in October which consisted of 4 REALLY aggressive treatments of Cytoxan & Adriamycin (the red devil) and the following day a booster shot of Neulasta. I had just about EVERY side effect on the list for Neulasta. I only made through 3 of these treatments as it made me VERY sick. These treatments were every 2 weeks. After I opted out of the 4th treatment I started 12 weeks of Taxol. This chemo was much easier to deal with. However, I still was fatigued and still am a little. I just finished my Taxol 2 days ago.
I have been going through the reconstruction process during this entire chemo process. Having saline fills to expand the breast and chest muscle. My last one was this past WED Feb 19th. I have been experiencing pain with this reconstruction process. I would like anyone that has gone through this to message me, if they would be so kind, and tell me their story about their reconstruction and how they dealt with it.
I start radiation mid March for 5.5 weeks Mon-Fri, so I should be finished up with all of my treatments towards the end of April!!! However, I cannot have my final reconstruction until 6-9 months after radiation. So I am truly looking forward to 2015!
My daughter told me that god only give his worst battles to his strongest soldiers and I believe she is absolutely right!!! I will beat this and move on!!!
Good luck to all out there fighting this fight! I hope one day they will find a cure so our younger generation does not have to go through this wicked battle!
Berlin Heights, OH
