I have breast cancer

[maspaha]

73. I have been where you are...

…almost 15 years ago. The tumor was 4.5cm, multi focal with lymph node invasion. My daughter was only 10 years old. Then I had the PET scan that showed abnormal uptake in a spot on my liver. It turned out to be an “incidental finding”, however, I was treated as metastatic Stage 4 for my first two cycles of chemotherapy. I went on to finish chemo, bilateral mastectomies, radiation, bilateral DIEP reconstruction, one year of Herceptin, and 10 years of estrogen blockers. Very scary times!

But, I saw my kid graduate high school and college! She is thriving! And I can honestly say, so am I! This summer I started working to get my pilot’s license back. I feel better than I did before diagnosis.

Treatments are better now than 15 years ago and you have more options! You can do this! We will be here with you!