I am 48 years old and was diagnosed with Breast Cancer on October 22, 2013. I lost my mother to cancer when I was 15 and she was 42 years old when she passed away. You can imagine the devastation I felt when I heard I had cancer. It took me a while to soak it in. I had a wonderful family that supports and loves me. I have my husband, 26 year old daughter and 2 year old grandson. We decided to treat this cancer as aggressive as possible. I had the BRCA test done and tested positive.
I had my bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction December 11, 2013. I started chemo January 31, 2014. I have had five sessions so far and still need 7 more of taxol and will then get 4 sessions 2 weeks apart of another medicine and I will complete my chemo sessions. After chemo I will finish up my reconstruction.
It has been a journey but will be well worth it, I want to be around to enjoy my life along with my loving family!
El Paso, TX
