icancervive's Journey with Breast Cancer
- 1 Oh No Icon Oh No
- 2 Decision Point Icon Decision Point
- 3 Procedure or Surgery Icon Procedure or Surgery
- 4 Loss Icon Loss
- 5 Clinical Trial Icon Clinical Trial
- 6 Drug or Chemo Therapy Icon Drug or Chemo Therapy
- 7 Radiation Icon Radiation
- 8 Decision Point Icon Decision Point
- 9 Loss Icon Loss
- 10 Procedure or Surgery Icon Procedure or Surgery
- 11 Celebration Icon Celebration
Survivor: Breast Cancer
Patient Info: Finished active treatment more than 5 years ago, Diagnosed: about 13 years ago, Female, Age: 48, Stage IIIA, HER2 Positive: No, ER Positive: Yes, PR Positive: Don't Know
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icancervive
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 4 years agoDiagnosed
Oh No
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icancervive
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 4 years agoreconstruction right away or wait til after radiation
Decision Point
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 4 years agoMastectomy
Procedure or Surgery
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 4 years agoBody part/function
Loss
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icancervive
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 4 years agoPut in one of three categories of chemo. Was placed in "dose dense " category. Chemo every two weeks.
Clinical Trial
Was given Epirubicin (?), Taxol. and another one I can't remember the name...
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icancervive
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 4 years agoChemotherapy
Drug or Chemo Therapy
HAD chemo every two weeks for 6 months...NASTY side effects, had to use Neupogen shots. Not easy going through chemo with a 1.5 and 3 year old at the time. (Now they are 9 and 12 and I'm still here!!!)
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 4 years agoExternal radiation
Radiation
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icancervive
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 4 years agowhat kind of reconstruction
Decision Point
Decided to do the Latisimus Dorci or back flap with implants, have a prophylactic mastectomy with implant on non-cancerous side. A LONG process, but worth it!
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icancervive
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 4 years agoBody part/function
Loss
Hard decision to have a prophylactic mastectomy, but considering I had the BRCA2 mutation and was so young, I made that decision. Also, had ovaries removed. Loss of child-bearing years, loss of breasts and feelings of loss of femininity.
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 4 years agoReconstruction
Procedure or Surgery
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Experience with
Breast Cancer
over 4 years agoFinished treatment
Celebration
It was a long road from diagnosis to finishing treatments, hair growing back and healing from side effects like mouth sores, fatigue...8 year survivor. Breast cancer has not returned though a new cancer appeared.