Paulanne's Journey:

I felt terrible. I was sure that my life was over. They were going to take an important past of my body away. I had no way to fight. I felt so helpless.

I miss my breast. I never realized before the good use of a breast. It keeps clothing centered. If I do not watch I have a breast in the center of my chest. I kind of wish that I had had both of them removed. However, then I am sure that i would have had other problems

When the cancer came back, it was in my sternum, the radiation burned my chest, esophigus, heart, stomach....it was hard to get over.

The faslodex caused the bones to become weak. I had a massage. She broke the small ribs around the sternum. Bad Pain. Having difficulty getting over it.

One of my sons decided that he just could not deal with it. I have not heard from him in 2 years. Sob.

The cancer is shrinking and then it is growing and then back to shrinking. Some has gone completely. I celebrate all of the time.

I am see someone for acupuncture. She helps with the pain that I have had.