I was diagnosed with breast cancer December 14, 2004. The cancer was Stage 1 DCIS, but there were 2 sites on my left breast, one at about 5 o'clock and one at about 10 o'clock, so it was decided that I should have a modified radical mastectomy. Less than a week after the drains were removed, I had to have emergency surgery to remove my gall bladder. After the chemotherapy was complete, I had to have a hysterectomy because my OB-GYN found abnormal cells on the lining of my uterus; the post-surgical biopsy revealed that they were cancer.
The good news: It's been over 4 years since all that happened, and I'm cancer-free and have gotten a much better job than I had before it all began!
Spokane, WA