kclark's Journey with Breast Cancer
Survivor: Breast Cancer
Patient Info: Currently in active treatment (initial surgery, receiving chemo rounds/radiation), Diagnosed: about 9 years ago, Female, Age: 57, Stage I, HER2 Positive: No, ER Positive: Yes, PR Positive: No
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Diagnosed
Oh No
How could this be happening. I just lost 2 dear coworkers and friends to cancer these past 8 months and 2 other coworkers were just diagnosed these past 2 weeks. I never questioned God's path, in fact I knew and still believed that God's path for me is a perfect plan of His, but how could this be when I have been so connected with this dreadful disease so recently.
Double Mastectomy
Procedure or Surgery
I had the bilateral mastectomy because my cancer was "most invasive" with tram flap reconstruction at the same time. I am getting ready to have final reconstruction soon and hope that this can help with how I feel as a "train wreck" of scarring.
Drug or Chemo Therapy
I had Cytoxin and Taxotere. I became neutrapeanic each time I had chemo. I was hospitalized for 6 days one time because I was so sick and felt so isolated from the world because of fear of getting sick. It was a long 3 months.
Remission
Celebration
With the living XXX that it all was, I have been blessed with the word "remission"! It is such a sigh of relief!
Loss of many things but gifts of love received in indescribable ways!
Loss
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