Last July Mum went for a routine Breast screening and they found two lumps in her right breast. I was so scared for her, then her doctor said due to a family history my sister and I should go for a checkup. I thought I was ok i checked myself all the time so i went just to give mum peace of mind. They found that i had small spots of cancer through my left breast. So two weeks after mums mastectomy I was in hopsital having mine.
THe pathology came back and it showed that mine was grade 3 and was quite a large area so i started chemotherapy and had radiation because of my age. Im 37 Mum was lucky hers wasn't as bad and she didn't have to have chemo or radiation therapy. I am thankful that she didn't.
She was very distressed because i had to have it all and she felt so guilty that she didn't. We have also discovered that i have the BRCA2 gene so now i am terrified that i may have passed it to my daughters. I have twin two year old girls. i had just thought things were looking up for me after 7 years of IVF we got our little miracles and then a year later i was diagnosed with breast cancer. The chemotherapy was rough but with mum helping out and taking the girls for me while i had my treatments it was a lot easier to deal with.
Now 1 year has passed since i started chemo I will continue with my checkups for the next few years but otherwise i feel great and am looking forward to have a new life with my girls and my wonderful husband.
Young, Australia
