THE BEGINING OF MY JOURNEY WAS JANUARY 25TH 2014 I WENT FOR A MAMMOGRAM AND THE DR SAID HE SEEN SOMETHING IN THE IMAGES SO I WAS ASKED TO GO BACK TO GET SOME MORE IMAGES DONE...SO I WENT BACK ON FEBUARY 10TH 2014 THAT SAME DAY I HAD TO TEETH PULLED AND WENT TO GET MY IMAGES DONE THEY ALSO DID A ULTRA SOUND SO I WAS ALREADY IN PAIN FROM HAVING THE TEETH PULLED AND THE DR WANTED ME TO RETURN THE NEXT DAY FOR A BIOPSY BUT AS I LIVE A HOUR AWAY FROM MY DRS.OFFICE I TOLD HIM IT WAS KIND OF HARD FOR ME SO HE ENDED DOING THE BIOPSY THAT SAME DAY AND THEN WAS ASKED TO RETURN IN THREE DAYS FOR THE PATHOLOGY REPORT....WENT BACK ON THE 13TH OF FEBUARY AN THAT WAS THE DAY MY LIFE CHANGED I WAS TOLD I HAD BREAST CANCER 44 YEARS OLD AND I HAD ALOT OF THINGS JUST RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND WHAT ARE MY KIDS AND HUSBAND AND GRAND BABIES GONNA DO WITH OUT ME...WELL THEY TOLD ME IT WAS IN STAGE ONE SO I JUST STARTED PRAYING TO GOD TO HELP ME GET THROUGH THIS AND TO GIVE ME THE STRENGTH SO I HAD MY FIRST SURGERY (LUMPECTOMY) ON MARCH 19TH 2014 WHICH THEY REMOVED THE LUMP AND TWO NODES..WENT BACK TO SEE SURGEON ON APRIL 3RD FOR RESULTS FOR PATHOLOGY REPORT ON NODES AND CHECK UP..WELL I HAD GOT SOME MORE BAD NEWS WHICH THEY SAID ONE OF THE NODES WAS POSITIVE FOR CANCER SO THEY SCHEDULED ANOTHER SURGERY FOR APRIL 9TH 2014 AND WENT THROUGH THAT AND THEY REMOVED THE REST OF THE NODES AND THOSE CAME BACK NEGATIVE THANK GOD...SO NOW THE REAL REAL JOURNEY STARTS AS FAR AS TREATMENTS I HAVE TO DO 4 ROUNDS OF CHEMO WHICH I STARTED ON MAY 1ST AND THEN I WILL DO 30 ROUNDS OF RADIATION AND THEN TAKE A PILL...THANKS TO MY PRECIOUS GOD AND DRS.. MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT ALL SUPPORT ME I KNOW I WILL GET THROUGH THIS...THANK YOU JESUS....

paula chavez
tulia, TX