In August 2012 i was diagnosed with Grade 2 Invasive Duct cancer, ten days later i was diagnosed with cervical cancer. By a stroke of luck? Both of these cancers were primary, which obviously gave me a better fighting chance. In Oct i had a Radical Hysterectomy which was a sucess. A few weeks later i started a course of 5 months of chemotherapy for the breast cancer. Chemo was not without it's hiccups, and due to problems with veins i had to have a hickman line inserted, this meant a 9 week gap in my chemo course!!!. Chemo was completed sucessfully, the tumour had shrunk from 2.5cm to 1.9cm. Surgery was planned for a few weeks later for a lumpectomy,reconstruction and my lovely surgeon was going to match up my other boob too.Then 2 days before my surgery was due, i had 2 siezures, having never experienced anything like this before it was a frightning experience. I knew instantly what had caused it. My breast surgery was cancelled whilst i underwent scans and by the end of the week i had been told i had a brain tumour. After being told by my local hospital it was in-operable and i had 13mths to live, my doctor refused to accept this(for this i will be eternally grateful) and got me refered to a brain surgeon who had no doubt he could operate. There was a 20% chance of complications, i could die on the table, i could be paralysed down one side ect, but i didn't care. The op was a sucess. Two weeks after brain surgery i underwent a mastectomy as the breast tumour had grown from 1.9cm to 8.5cm in a matter of weeks as they could not give me any drugs whilst i had the brain tumour. I then completed a 3 week everyday course of Radiotherapy, on both my breast and head. 6 mths on i am still recovering , it's a slow road but i'm getting there. I do believe that lots of laughter, few tears and plenty of positivity has got me this far.
JoWorcestershire, United Kingdom