I was 33 when I was diagnosed with stage 2A triple negative invasive ductal carcinoma. I chose within minutes a bilateral mastectomy... My world was turned upside down by this information. I thought I had a cyst. Either way, it was cancer and I had to deal with it. I was a single mother with an 8 year old son, I wanted to do everything to make sure this would go away and never come back. I went through 6 rounds of super aggressive chemo treatments, lost my hair after first treatment... Then 28 rounds of radiation. I had an 8% chance of reoccurrence, PET scan was good. I had reconstructive surgery and everything was back to normal in my mind. Then around December 2013 my chest was sore, apparently possibly side effects of radiation. I went to several doctors about this pain, but my bloodword and markers were looking amazing, this girl was cancer free! Well I am not one to let things go, the pain in my chest was minimal but bothered me and I refused to believe anything until something was diagnosed. So I finally got a XRAY in May of this year... There were several spots on my lungs... WHAT! So to make a long story short CAT scan and lung biopsy showed cancer was back, PET scan showed it was also in my sore little bone on my chest wall (Stage 4). I went through 12 more rounds of chemo only to find out it stopped working. Let me tell you, this news what not what I wanted to hear, I always felt great, no matter what. They gave me a time line on m life... I was like, no way, I am 35 and the Lord has healed me, your results are incorrect. Well, they (my current doctor, not his fault) had nothing to offer me, so I went to MD Anderson in Houston, TX. I am currently in a trial for my cancer and healing is here. Its hard, but its not, IRONIC!! Praise Jesus, By his stripes I was healed! XO

Michelle Heath
Jacksonvile, FL