Tag: invasiveductalcarcinoma
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Today was a lot.
“No suspicious mass, suspicious microcalcifications, or other sign of malignancy is identified.” Today was a lot. As you know I have attempted to mentally prepare myself for each step of this journey. For some reason, I thought today would be easy. No mental preparation needed. For self preservation, I have spent the last year ignoring…
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1 in 8. 1 year later.
1 in 8 women in the US will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. 1 year ago today, I had the mammogram and ultrasound that showed the lump in my breast had “irregular margins”, “skin thickening”, and a bi rad score of 5… indicating that a biopsy was needed as all signs pointed…
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Childless Mother
Trigger Warning Infertility/miscarriage/child or infant loss This one is really deep, devastatingly personal, and raw… but I wanted to share it because I know someone will read it and say me too, and I’ve scoured the internet to find something, someone who can say “me too” to me. Childless Mother. I have processed and accepted…
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World Cancer Day
A little Saturday morning pearl of wisdom from me on World Cancer Day. I’m a highly empathetic person. I understand a lot. I understand why a person behaves the way they do. I can trace a behavior back to the way their daycare situation was handled as a baby and give you a whole life…
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It’s the little things
It’s the little things. This seems so simple in the grand picture of everything I’ve been through, but removing my port was huge! Yesterday, my little button, as I always called it, got removed from my chest. That little constant reminder that I was sick. I remember having it placed inside me, a daunting sign…
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Phase 5: Maintenance
I returned to the infusion center today. Phase 5: Maintenance Today was a little heavy. Let me explain. I started my Tamoxifen on Jan 13th. This medication will suppress my hormones, starving the cancer. It will also push me into menopause. The doctor is hopeful I will only have to take this medicine a short…
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Active treatment is done!
Active treatment is done. It feels like yesterday I sat in the room at MRI and the doctor told me I needed a biopsy… I remember sobbing in my car for a good while before scheduling the biopsy… a week later, “it’s cancer”… another sobbing session… then in a flash I switched into survival mode.…
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Ring the bell!
RING THE BELL!!!!! Phase 1: Surgery ✅Phase 2: Egg Retrieval ✅Phase 3: 16 rounds of Chemotherapy ✅Phase 4: 33 rounds of Radiation ✅ It. Is. Done. I’ll be ugly crying on and off all day at Hudson’s Mill if you want to stop by and give me a squeeze! There’s a lot of emotions and…
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Radiation
Phase 4: how it’s going… I started radiation last Monday. I only did 3 treatments because of the holiday so today was number 5. Radiation is mostly fine, besides having to be there at 8:30am every day. I don’t feel anything while it’s happening and I’m in and out in 20-25 mins. So far I…
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Phase 4 start date postponed.
Phase 4 Start Date Postponed: I was supposed to begin radiation tomorrow which would have brought my finish date on treatment close to the end of the year which I was really aiming for- to leave cancer in 2022. However, as much as I strive to be the overachiever that I am… my body had…
Titty Gate 