carrie14's Journey:
Patient: Breast Cancer
Patient Info: Finished active treatment less than 5 years ago, Diagnosed: about 10 years ago, Female, Age: 48
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Chemotherapy
Drug or Chemo Therapy
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Cancer free!!!!
Celebration
According to my surgeon, I can consider myself cancer free!!! He said his goal is that when I left the operating room the cancer was gone!!!!
Lumpectomy
Procedure or Surgery
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External radiation
Radiation
Radiation wasn't as bad as I thought it would/could be. I'm fair skinned and thought it would burn me - but it nothing more than a light sunburn. My skin started out pink, after a few weeks, and kept turning more red. It was tolerable and wasn't very irritating.
Finished treatment
Celebration
Done with radiation!!! And I even got a diploma!!!!