I was diagnosed in July of 2011 with 2 types of breast cancer. I was devastated. And felt all alone. I cried for days. My sister Cindy helped me gather info on the best treatment I could get. So I decided to get treatment for my cancer at Rush hospital in Chicago... Which was 2 hrs away. On my first visit I had a room full of doctors and one by one they explained what would happen.. First I was to have a mastectomy. I hit the floor. The words were bouncing in my head cancer mastectomy chemo radiation. I cried some more. And as I was crying the doctor that would over see my chemo came in the room there I was a mess crying uncontrollably. She said what's wrong. I said I have to have a mastectomy. She said well you ain't dead... And at that moment I thought thats right I not going to die. I am gonna fight this and I did. From then on I new I would beat this. But a week before my mastectomy surgery. I ended up in the hospial. I had to have an emergency hysterectomy. Well the next week I had my mastectomy and 9 out of 11 lymph nodes had cancer also. The doctor said if 2 more of those lymph nodes were cancerous you would have been inoperable. It was a long road. Three different chemo medicines every 3 weeks which took 4 hours to administer, then 35 radiation treatments. I finished treatment in May of 2012. Then one day I was going through my medical reports and right there it said stage 3b..See I never worried about it. I knew I would make it..I.Started reconstuction process in June 2013 and fianlly finished up in Feb. 2014.. I am grateful and blessed today. It has made me a stronger person. Thank you for letting me share.
Tammy DuPree
loves park, IL
