My story started September 2012. I started having pain in my left breast. I thought it was just stress because we were in and out of Children's Hospital with our son. Also in September a co-worker shared with me that her mom was diagnosed with BC. She was healthy and fit. She was having pain in her breast. Her pain ended up being Triple Negative Breast Cancer. After hearing this story, I still thought it was stress. By October, Children's Hospital was testing my son to see if he could have a heart transplant (which we found out that he is not a candidate). I continued to have pain, but again, still thought it was stress related....until I felt a lump the end of November. I had a biopsy on 12/3/12 and received the dreaded call on 12/4/12 - Stage 2 Triple Negative. On 12/19/12 my husband had to take my son to Children's Hospital because of his health. My lumpectomy was the next day. So my husband was with my son in Milwaukee, while our girls were with me in Green Bay. TERRIBLE timing....not that there is ever good timing for cancer. I had 6 rounds of chemo and 33 rounds of radiation. I will be a One Year Survivor next month!

Robin
Pulaski, WI