Hi, I'm Danielle and I am 24 years old. I was diagnosed on October 15th 2013 with stage 1 Triple Positive Breast Cancer. I will never forget that day and the words " You have breast cancer, I'm so sorry" I immediately thought and said that's impossible I'm only 23 and no cancer runs anywhere in my family. Well it's possible, luckily I do not carry any genes so I was fortunate to keep both my breasts and get by with two lumpectomies in December. Since then I have went through on cycle of chemo and that cycle proved to be anything but easy. I ended up getting hospitalized for a fever and extremely low white blood count. After a two day stay I was released and have been feeling great, I go back in on my 24th birthday on Tuesday for my second round of chemo and let me tell you I am dreading it! All together I will have 6 rounds of chemo spaced 3 weeks apart, a year of herceptin (that started when chemo did) 6 and a half weeks of daily radiation treatment and 5 years of Tomixfen. I have been blessed with such amazing doctors who are pulling out every step to make sure I will go on and live a long healthy cancer free life. Hopefully with a husband and kids in the future. My journey has been like many anything but easy. Especially being so young and battling it has proven time and time again challenging physically and mentally. I hope my story inspires!
Danielle ReneeRoseville, CA