Beverley's Journey with Breast Cancer
Survivor: Breast Cancer
Patient Info: Finished active treatment less than 5 years ago, Diagnosed: over 13 years ago, Female, Age: 65, Stage II, ER Positive: Yes
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Diagnosed
Oh No
I had just received a letter from the place where my mamogram was done saying everything was normal. For years, off and on, they would see something on the mamogram so I would go back every 6 months but was told it was calcium. After the mamogram in January of 2009, I received a letter on Feb 12th stating nothing had changed and to have another one in 6 months. About 2 weeks later I was getting dressed for work and noticed that my left nipple was no longer in sight. Since I received the letter indicating all was normal, I didn't think much of it and called my gyn to see if there was anything to worry about and her nurse said my breast were changing so I though ok all is good. Two weeks later I had intense pain and called to see a gyn. The gyn sent my to a surgeon who did a neddle bioposy on Friday and informed me that it was cancer the following Monday.
Lumpectomy
Procedure or Surgery
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Body part/function
Loss
They had to remove my nipple and aeola because the tumor was located behind it.
Axillary Lymph Node Dissection
Procedure or Surgery
took out 10 nodes
Lumpectomy
Procedure or Surgery
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Chemotherapy
Drug or Chemo Therapy
One of my drugs caused neuropathy in my hands and feet, causing them to peel and effecting my ability to walk. My skin began to liquify so my oncologist decided not to do the last treatment. I suffer today from the neuropathy in my feet.
External radiation
Radiation
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Finished treatment
Celebration
I bought a car (turned out to be a lemmon) 2 hours after my last radiation.