Liliana's Journey with Breast Cancer
Survivor: Breast Cancer
Patient Info: Finished active treatment less than 5 years ago, Diagnosed: almost 12 years ago, Female, Age: 57, Stage II, HER2 Positive: Yes, ER Positive: No, PR Positive: Don't Know
Patient Info: Finished active treatment less than 5 years ago, Diagnosed: almost 12 years ago, Female, Age: 57, Stage II, HER2 Positive: Yes, ER Positive: No, PR Positive: Don't Know
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Liliana
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 8 years agoDouble Mastectomy
Procedure or Surgery
The surgery fine until I woke up in the recovery room. The pain was intense, however, the meds kept it controlled. Going home was a little terrifying, but slowly I adjusted to the pain and after 2.5 weeks was off the pain meds.
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Liliana
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 8 years agoChemotherapy
Drug or Chemo Therapy
The treatments were not as frieghtening as I had suspected. Side effects were right on target as the onocologist predicted. Nausea was controlled by meds, the ackwardness in the limbs was obvious by week three. My legs felt like they weighed more than my body. My pallet was gone, couldn't taste much for the 4 months on treatment. I felt like I was in a fog the entire time, did not drive, the hair loss was the worst but eventually I accepted and didn't wear a wig. Two months after I finished treatments, I started felling myself again. Unfortunately, brainfog has continued for the last three years. No change yet.
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Liliana
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 8 years agoAnniversary
Celebration
I celebrated monthly for the first year. Now I celebrate just on the anniversary of the surgery.