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Pink Ladies Spreading Breast Cancer Awareness!
Welcome to Pink Ladies!
Pink Ladies website provides online communication for individuals, families, and groups who have been affected by Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer Awareness is our number one goal. Members can post their stories, photo's and add website links along with sending private messages to other members plus much more.
Feel free to add your weblinks , stories and Journals here at pinkladies.com
ATTENTION LADIES!!!!
Your stories are very important and inspiring.
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Spreading the love through my fiction
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| Posted by manage on Monday, August 22 @ 22:59:24 CDT (67 reads) |
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madhatter writes "I am so overjoyed by the response I have gotten to my novel "Mama's Comfort Food." This novel follows one woman's journey through breast cancer treatment, and provides laughter and insight along the way.
At the start, I pledged a percentage of my profits to an area group here in my home of Tallahassee, Florida: a non-profit group affliated with one of our hospitals, that supports breast cancer patients in many ways.
This is my small way of helping. Sometimes, as I see my friends and relatives challenged by this disease, I feel so powerless. No more. I can, and will, make a difference!
My love to all of you who are facing down breast cancer, or who have family members and friends who are. Please know there are people out there who are sending love and light your way.
Rhett DeVane
Southern fiction author of "Mama's Comfort Food"
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Author with a Pink Lady cause
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| Posted by manage on Wednesday, March 30 @ 21:37:29 CDT (199 reads) |
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madhatter writes "I have lost friends to breast cancer, plus more have been diagnosed. I decided several years ago to use my writing to help in some small way, so I started donating a portion of my book royalties to A Woman's Place, a group of folks in my city (affiliated with one of our hospitals) that help breast cancer patients with information packets and much, much more.
My latest novel, "Mama's Comfort Food", centers around a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer, who then returns to her small southern hometown to seek support as she undergoes treatment and mends her life.
I urge anyone who is facing this disease, or knows of others, to read this novel. It offers laughter, hope and light where they are much needed. As with my other books, a portion of any sales from this book will be donated to help others battling the dragon.
My love and light to all of you on your journeys.
Rhett DeVane, author
www.rhettdevane.com
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| Posted by manage on Thursday, February 18 @ 13:03:28 CST (450 reads) |
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tammy writes "I have just had a bilateral masectomy feb.9,2010. I guess next chemo. I have a sense of humor that keeps me and my family going with a lot of prayers. I know I have to stay positive and be strong for myself and my family! Thank goodness for all my Family, friends, and coworkers supporting me through this!! I,m also thankful I found Pink Ladies!I will keep everyone updated. Hang in there with me and keep your sense of humor.Love and Prayer conquer all!If you would like to share your stories or need someone to talk to my e-mail is" |
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My lady has breast cancer
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| Posted by manage on Sunday, March 15 @ 09:36:22 CDT (759 reads) |
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Anonymous writes "My mom was diagnois with brest cancer at 35yrs old she beat that battle which included a mastectomy. When she was 56 she passed from ovarian cancer which when detected its usually to late because of no known symptoms.
In Dec of 2007 I was diagnois with Rt. breast Cancer which I had to indure chemotherapy, Radiation with no signs of it passing to my lymph nodes. In Nov 2008 I was again diagnois with breast cancer in my Left Breast with no movement in the lymph nodes but this time only radiation was needed.I have had 8 surgeries in 15th months. " |
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| Posted by manage on Sunday, February 08 @ 21:30:13 CST (818 reads) |
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Several of my friends and I are planning to walk in Washington DC in
October this year. We must raise $2300 each! One of our fundraising
projects is to make and sell a cookbook, promoting a healthful
lifestyle by providing tasty recipes which are low in fat and sugar. As
you probably know, in the last 20years there has been a preponderance
of evidence indicating a link between what we eat and our chances of
developing cancer. It is important to get the word out and give women
(and men) healthy meal options that also taste good.
I would greatly appreciate receiving recipes that have been tried
and true, that you believe to be healthful and we can include in our
cookbook. Also any inspiring stories, comments or pictures we could use
to personalize this book would be most useful.
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13 yr old girls on traveling volleyball team for cancer awareness
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| Posted by manage on Sunday, November 16 @ 11:46:43 CST (1251 reads) |
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Anonymous writes "Eleven 13 year old girls have made the cut and now is on their way to play on a traveling volleyball team in Hannibal, MO called "The Hannibal Pink Ladies". They are playing in honor of those who have courageously fought and won the battle and in memory of those who fought the fight, and lost. One team members mother won her recent battle against breast cancer so for she and her friends on the team, it is a very personal team. Not only will they learn to serve those in their community and to give back to them, but become part of team, building skills and techniques, becoming better volleyball players while staying healthy and continue to learn to make the right decisions in life. If anyone is interested in sending a note to these girls, my home e-mail address is brokes@sbcglobal.net. For them to know that someone unknown to them is cheering them on as much as they are for you, would touch them in ways only imagined by the impossible.
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| Posted by manage on Monday, September 01 @ 12:50:24 CDT (1650 reads) |
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Hamesy writes "Hi everyone,
I was wondering who out there may have had BC twice. I had a lumpectomy on my left breast in 2002, followed by chemo and radiation, then low and behold, this year, was diagnosed with another lump in the right this time, you could have knocked me over with a feather. I am going through chemo at the moment following another lumpectomy and having radiation later in the year. My original lump was 2.5cm and no nodal involvement, however this one was only 11mm and was already in the nodes. What is going on, I drink a bit (that is, used to) but live relatively healthily. I was just curious to see if many others had had the same diagnosis.
Cheers, Tania." |
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My mom is giving up. PLEASE HELP!
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| Posted by manage on Saturday, July 12 @ 09:18:45 CDT (1566 reads) |
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Anonymous writes "Just searching for some advice and direction. My mother has stage 3 breast cancer. She went for her chemo on Tuesday and has been pretty sick. She informed us last night she wasnt going to continue with her chemo. I'm against it but the rest of the family says they are going to support her choice. Should I not push the issue? Some may say its selfish of me to want her to continue but she is my mom and best friend, I cant lose her! Do I need to let go and support her or do I have a reason to be upset with her giving up? SOmeone please help here, I'm such a mess!!!?? " |
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Heaven Sent for Pink Ladies
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| Posted by manage on Wednesday, July 02 @ 09:39:29 CDT (1459 reads) |
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Anonymous writes "As a fifteen-year-old just learning about her changing body, I found a lump in my left breast during a self-examination. Can you imagine the horror in my mother's face? She knew that my aunt had been a victim of Breast Cancer, but never told me of the possibilities that I was prevalent in our family's medical history.
After a few examinations in the doctor's office, and an operation to remove five (yes five!), luckily, I was not diagnosed with Breast Cancer.
I can only imagine, however, the shock and dismay of all of you who have been diagnosed with this dreadful disease, or are awaiting a call from your physician regarding resent test results. Benign or malignant, that is the dreaded question.
Well, for some reason, God keeps bringing the fight against Breast Cancer to my attention through the involvement with the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation (annual fundraisers and walks) and recently, I designed a line of T-shirts with "Pink Ladies" printed on the front of them(across the breast area, go figure).... It is through my research of Pink Ladies websites that I discovered (again) that although I designed these shirts for a teen/girls mentorship program through my company, that they could be used for a greater purpose....breast cancer awareness.
Believe me, this is not a plow for free advertising. I just want to acknowledge my compassion for the victims of this disease and celebrate the survivors who keep us strong and give us hope." |
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36 YEAROLD FEMALE DX WITH CANCER IN 07
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| Posted by manage on Wednesday, July 02 @ 09:38:45 CDT (1258 reads) |
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Anonymous writes "IT WAS 4TH F JULY IN 2007 WHEN I FOUND THE LUMP IN MY LEFT BREAST. HAD A MAMMO AND A BIOPSY. THE BIOPSY CAME BACK AS POORLY DIFFERIENTATED DUCTAL CARCINOMA STAGE 2 GRADE 3. I HAD A LEFT MASTECTOMY WITH RECONSTRUCTION. AS OF RIGHT KNOW I AM CANCER FREE AND I DID NOT HAVE ANY LYMPH NODES THAT WERE AFFECTED. I HAD FOUR ROUNDS OF CHEMO FOLLOWED BY HERCEPTAN TREATMENT,WHICH I DO EVERY THREE WEEKS ANDCURRENTLY STILL DOING. I THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR WHAT I HAVE AND LEARNED NOT TO SWEAT THE SMALL THINGS. I AM NOW GETTING READY TO TALK WITH OBGYN ABOUT POSSIBLY A FULL HYSTERECTOMY VERSUS JUT HAVING MY OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES REMOVED." |
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| Posted by manage on Sunday, December 30 @ 18:45:51 CST (1648 reads) |
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Anonymous writes "I was diagnosed in Feb 2005.. I am truly blessed to have had a lympectomy.. I have recently lost my Mother to stomach and esophagus cancer, an aunt to lung cancer, and an aunt to colon cancer... With all this going on in my life I managed to PUSH through it all. " |
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My Daughter's HS Paper ~ Co-Survivors view from a young teenage girl ~
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| Posted by manage on Sunday, December 02 @ 19:48:36 CST (1423 reads) |
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Anonymous writes "Fighting Back Tears, Electric Razors, Chicken Noodle Soup, and Recliners…
One year ago, I almost lost my mom. I almost didn't have the person in my life who helps me get ready for high school dances, who plays with my hair after a long stressful day, who helps me decorate for Christmas…who teaches me everything. My mom almost died, and I almost was left with only memories.
In February of 2005 my mom was diagnosed with Stage Three Breast Cancer. It was found in only one breast, but my mom demanded for both breasts to be removed in order to be safe. My mom wasn't the typical person that one would expect to be diagnosed with Breast Cancer. She never went to tanning booths or laid out in the sun, she never smoked, and it doesn't run in our family. She is the healthiest person you'd ever meet, and if you haven't met her, I'd guarantee she'd make you take a vitamin the first time you do. My mom always went yearly for her mammograms and physical, and did her self exams as well. She told us she had found a lump, but that when she went to her doctor, it didn't show up on the mammogram or ultra-sound. She insisted that the lump be removed and have a pathology report done. She later found out that what felt like a dime had in fact been a cancer tumor the size of a tennis ball. It was insane that out of all people, she was the "chosen one" to be diagnosed. And one year later, it still makes no sense.
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My Son's College Paper ~ Co-Survivor from a young man's point of view
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My Chemo Tips ~ Hope this helps ~
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Most asked Questions to me ~ Single or Bi-lateral Mastectomy??? Fast decisions??
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My Lymphedema Prevention Tips ~
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| Posted by manage on Sunday, December 02 @ 19:43:28 CST (1414 reads) |
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Anonymous writes "Here is a list of my tips ~ things that help me. If you are having any problems ~ first see your doctor and these are things to do in addition to help you ~ If you have had lymp nodes removed you may or may not have had your arm flair up. It can never bother you or it can happen just suddenly, even after 10 years, so I have heard. My arm was fine, then I got a paper cut and poof ~ it become red, swollen, painful, etc. I learned how to treat and prevent flare ups ~
First check for any cutitcle tears, splinters, paper cuts, etc. in your hand. Wash with soap and water, put on Polysporin or Neosporin and cover with a bandaid. Do this EVERY time you have even the tiniest of wounds on your affected arm / hand.
I have to be careful to play with the cats with my left hand now or use a string ~ cat claws will instantly flair up my lymphedema.
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Lumps Belong In Jars of Formaldehyde NOT in our Bodies ~
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| Posted by manage on Sunday, December 02 @ 19:42:05 CST (4527 reads) |
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Anonymous writes " Come February 2008, I will be a three (3) year Survivor of Stage 3 Breast Cancer. I was diagnosed when I was age 47. The reason I want to share my story is because I have an extremely important message to women (and men for testicular cancer) a message that is being neglected to be told. I share this information with women one person at a time and it is my deepest wish to share this information with all of America ~ the world.
I am a woman who went for my yearly clinical exams and mammograms (7 of them) and my lump NEVER showed. The two years prior to being diagnosed, I did not feel well. I continuously felt run down. I went to a woman doctor who I liked very much and would have blood test, and was told I needed to be on anti-depressants, that there was "nothing really wrong with me". I refused to take the anti-depressants and would go home and rest and push forward. I could not keep up to hike with my husband, even around the block. In January of 2005 I went for my mammogram and again, my lump STILL DID NOT show, it also did not show on the Ultra Sound. I was not concerned it was cancer, but it bothered me to feel it and I would find myself touching it continuously, thinking it would just disappear. It didn't. " |
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| Posted by manage on Sunday, December 02 @ 19:41:23 CST (1229 reads) |
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Anonymous writes "I dont know what its like to have breast cancer, but I do know what its like to have cancer. At the age of 22 and during the most vulnerable time in america(9/11/01) I was diagnosed with Stage 3/4 Hodgkins disease. I just moved 1500 miles from my family with my oldest son and had no one. Had to do chemo for 8 months and radiation for 3 months. And because of that, every 6 months I have to go get a mamogram. I am a 29 yr single mom of 2 very active boys. " |
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Yes, Breast Cancer can be healed
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| Posted by manage on Sunday, December 02 @ 19:40:44 CST (1130 reads) |
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InfiniteLOVE writes "For years I had a yearning to live in the sunshine. Spain was my objective, and after many years of delays, I was finally getting ready for the big move, when I found the School of Energy Healing, suddenly I just knew I had to do this course and enrolled. The week before our first week's training in Wales, I received an invitation for a routine mammogram, The first week in Wales in October was magic, I felt like I had finally come home. The healing work we did was amazing, and the processing opened an insight into the energies of anger and pain. Two weeks later I received another letter from the hospital. The x-rays showed multiple calcifications throughout my left breast.
For certainty they needed to take a biopsy of the affected tissue. 3 Weeks later it confirmed I had cancer of the milk ducts and lobules, it still looked to be contained and no sign of metastases.
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My experience with breast cancer
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| Posted by manage on Thursday, November 22 @ 08:54:16 CST (1280 reads) |
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delilah35 writes "Hi. My name is Dalia. I'm a 38 year old mother of 2 from New Jersey.
This past June, I was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer. The diagnosis came as a complete shock since I had no previous family history of this. I don't smoke, only have a glass of wine on occasion so I couldn't understand this. I couldn't believe this all happened after getting my very first mammogram. There were no lumps detetcted through the exam my obgyn gave me. However, I was sent to one of the best breast surgeons shortly after my mammogram, followed by an ultrasound which lead to a stereotactic biopsy and followed shortly after with a sentinel node biopsy. Both not the most pleasant experiences.
On Sept. 21, 2007 I underwent a billateral mastectomy with implants put in at the same time of my mastectomy. I couldn't believe how woman are released from the hospital the next day with drains to go home with." |
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Pregnant with inflamotory breast cancer,
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| Posted by manage on Thursday, November 15 @ 15:22:52 CST (979 reads) |
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yeayeakitty writes "Well, my story is one hope and sadness. I am a 4 year imflamotry breast cancer survior. When i was 32 years old i was pregant with our second son..My husbands and i 's marriage wasnt going very well and i thought having another child would help. You seethere was strain on the marriage because at the age og three my oldest son was diognoised with Autism. It wasnt the easest thing to hear but he was my son and God gave him to me for a reason. His dad just was in deniel to the 10th degree. So going in to this pregancy was scarey because we had a 50 % chance to have another autisic child. To which i didnt care, my son is my life, I am his mother, and i need to be an advocate for him. i am all he has. So anyway, when i noticed a patch of skin on my left breast whiched looked like the skin of an orange , we thought maybe since i was pregnant maybe a blocked mild duct. So i went in to my dr. and she didnt really know what it was so she sent me to the breast clinic. Going in i thought , this will be easy, its jsut a blocked milk duct and everything will be fine, well it wasnt at all............" |
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Breast cancer SUCKS!!!!!!!
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| Posted by manage on Thursday, November 15 @ 15:15:40 CST (2200 reads) |
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Anonymous writes "My name is karen. Im 35 years old. AT the age of 32 years old i was pregant with my second son, what i thought was just a blocked milk duct turned out to be inflamoatory breast cancer. Ill start at the beginning. Here i am pregnanet happy that i am. My marriage wasnt going very well and i thought if i had a nother child it would help. You see my oldest son is Autisic. Love him with allmy heart. My husband had a very hard time dealing. He over the years became verbally abusive towards me. I stayed thinking that my marriage would work if i had another child a normal other child,i didnt mind that my son was autisic but he did. So i got pregant again. When i was 29 weeks preganant i noticed on the left breast it looked the the skin of an orange peel. So when i went ot my doctors, i had them look at it. She didnt really know what it was os she sent me to the breast clinic where they decided to do a ultasound because i couldnt get a mamagram or a x-ray bbecasue of the baby in my belly.So what i thought was nothing turned into cancer.." |
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Breast Cancer in my family
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| Posted by manage on Monday, October 08 @ 23:07:30 CDT (1481 reads) |
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Anonymous writes "I am a 24 year old female that has a grandmother and a mother that have both battled and beat breast cancer. When my grandmother was much younger she was told that she had breast cancer. She went through chemo treatments and ended up having her right breast removed due to the severity. At that time they did not do reconstruction and has to use a "water boob" in its place. In 1994 my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer as well.
They did biopsy after biopsy and they found cancer cells in a couple of the tumors. They decided to do a double mastectomy that year. Within 3 months my mom was in surgery. My mom had reconstructive surgery that took a year or 2 to get it completely done and healed. It was a very difficult process for my family. My mom was in extreme pain and the rest of the family suffered along with my mom. We went through the depression,mood swings, all the surgeries, hospital stays and visits, and all the dr visits that came during the reconstruction. " |
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Pregnant with Breast Cancer
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| Posted by manage on Sunday, September 02 @ 01:29:35 CDT (2700 reads) |
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Anonymous writes "I to--along with so many of you--have fought the battle!!! I sometimes look at myself and think how lucky I am to have gone thru what I did and not have had to deal with what other woman have dealt with in this battle with cancer!
I was diagonosed with Breast Cancer 6 years ago---I was at work--in which I work at a daycare center--dealing with children--when the phone rang--I answered only for the person at the other end to ask for me---I said--this is her---and he went on to tell me that this is your doctor---YOU HAVE CANCER!!!! I went totally speechless and felt like I was going to pass out!!! Not able to talk or move---one of my fellow co-workers walked over to me and said---are you alright?? you look like something is wrong??!!
OH BOY--was something wrong!! I tried for several minutes to get myself to gether and when I finally did--got out the word --cancer! " |
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| Posted by manage on Wednesday, August 29 @ 16:06:26 CDT (1165 reads) |
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rain writes "Hi ladies, in November of 06 I found a lump on my right breast, I went right to my mammographer and told them what I had found. They took a mammogram and I waited in the room, my doctor came in and told me its nothing, its probably a lymph node, your cancer free and we'll see you next year. I was alittle surprised that no more testing was done but he had been my Dr for years. In one month, that small lump grew into a hard mass across my aeriola and I returned in January.
This time it was a mammogram and ultrasound, no one told me what the biopsy would feel like, I asked the assistant and she said oh youll feel a pinch with the zylocane to numb and you wont feel anything after that. He came in and started and did not wait or ask if the zylocane took effect or not, he just stuck the needle right in, I screamed in pain, cried, he said I'll call you in a week with the results and left. A week later he called me on a SPEAKER PHONE to let me know I had cancer, how could he have missed it etc. after I got myself together, I called my husband and he came home to deal with this also. I called work and I had only been there four months and I was initally out of work for a reconstruction surgery on my thumb so I was two weeks post op when this all happened, I called my primary and he sent me to the best Cancer Dr here and he gave me the dreaded news, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, the most aggressive and rarest cancer there is.
Before I knew it I was having my port put in for chemo and in three weeks I had extreme chemo. They give you side effects info and I had them all, bloody noses, bloody diarhea, aches and pains worse than the flu and no energy. I developed fevers off and on, at one time it was 103.8 where I ended up in the hospital, that night my husband got a call that I wasn't going to make it unless I went on life support, which I did for three days, I was in the ICU for 12 days, I was diagnosed with Pneumosystis, a pneumonia that AIDS patients get because I was so immune defficient. " |
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