Betsy's Journey with Breast Cancer

I was so scared! Nothing seemed in my control.

I asked around and started going to one hospital with a pretty respectable doctor, but I became unhappy with his style. I felt like he wasn't as knowledgable as his reputation lead me to believe. So I made the decision to get a second opinion.

I was taking either a placebo or a cancer drug that had been already approved for lymphoma, but not yet approved for breast cancer. It was mostly recordkeeping. I enjoyed that part, it made me feel like I was giving back to society alittle.

through routine follow ups CT scan shows mets to liver and lung

Ibrance- made my hand feel like it was on fire. Had to sleep with my hand in a bowl of ice.

I needed a anti-depressant! Now taking Cymbalta, it's made a giant help in my outlook

Now taking Kisqali-just a pill 3 weeks a month, makes me sick to my stomach, itch, makes my hair real thin, I expect to lose it. My blood counts have been pretty good so far, I am in cycle 4 and will be tested in September to see how it affects the cancers.