One late night in May 30th, 2011 my husband and I were laying in bed talking about what we needed to do the next day. He put his hand on my left breast he sat up and asked me "How long have you had this lump?" I told him that it is just another Fibroid, he then ask me if I had seen the doctor. I told him no, he told me that I needed to schedule an appointment the next day with the doctor or He would. The next day I scheduled an appointment with my GYN doctor.
On June 10th, 2011 I went to my appointment that sent me in a journey. My GYN doctor immediately found the lump on my left breast. From my GYN doctor, I headed to have a mammogram, from there I was taken to another room where an ultrasound was done. A doctor walked in an told me that they wanted to do a needle biopsy but I had to come the next day. They did the biopsy and within a week I received a call for me to come in to get the results. I had cancer, from there it was to the Oncologist, Medical Oncologist, and Radiologist.
My Oncologist set me up for Lumpectomy, my Medical Oncologist told me about about OncoType test it would tell the Medical Oncologist if I would need chemo & how much, and what percentage of the cancer would reoccurs, I agree. Unfortunately they did the Lumpectomy, turns out I had to two types of cancer - stage II, it was also in my left lymph nodes, and the lines were dirty (more cancer). So I had to have a mastectomy, I chose Bilateral Mastectomy. The results of the Onco Type came back under 10 % of recurring and no chemo and no radiation. I do have to take Arimidex medication daily. I'm grateful to be able to be here for my family, friends, and to be able to help those diagnosed with cancer. I just celebrated my 3rd Anniversary cancer free. Thank you Lord!
Greenville, NC