My story starts with a routine mammogram, which was good - I was told. Eight months later I was reaching down to pick something up and a sharp pain went up my arm and to my right breast. There it was a lump. Went back and they did a sonogram on it and I was told to see a surgeon. Long story short I had a double mascetomy on December 3, 2009. I was 43 and had just married the man of my dreams - god works in mysterious ways because without my husband and family it would of been alot harder to get through the 6 chemo treatments and 25 radiation treatments.
I had Stage IIIA - it was in 6 out of 28 lympnodes. As of today after a recent PET scan I am cancer free. Looking forward to my reconstruction surgery August 20th, my hair is growing back, I am exercising to get off the additional 25 pounds I put on due to the lovely steriods. But the way I look at it I am ALIVE to exercise.
Anyone that is starting this journey I just want you to know that yes it SUCKS but you will get through it, put your faith in God's hands and you will beat it, I promise.
Burleson, TX