May 2007 i was diagnosed with G2 advanced Breast Cancer and i told it to get lost. A year on, i've had chemo, Radio, bilaeral mastectomy and am now on Herceptin and Hormone treatment. Good News is that i'm Cancer Free. For how long i don't know but in my
My Story
This Story is written to thank everyone for all there kind words, support and comfort in a time that it was most needed
I will cherish this and hopefully be able to pass it on to others who follow in my path.
My Story - Introduction
Now at the age of forty my life has taken a huge turn, and so I have decided to write about my life since being diagnosed with breast cancer. Why? So that the people around me and other people will have more of an understanding of what it is like to live with cancer from the inside.
My Story - History
Before I can start my story of how I coped with having breast cancer, and the treatments that I have undergone. I think it necessary to give you a little insight to who I am and my history regarding breast lumps. You see the only regret that I have in my life is that I did not follow the path that I had started and that I should have been a stronger person.
My Story - Diagnosis
My heart started to pound as he started to go over my details from my medical notes regarding the fibroadenoma and fluid filled cyst that I'd had previously; I was trying so hard to listen to what he was saying but in the back of my mind the same thing kept taking over 'come on get on with it and tell me' and then he said it! "Unfortunately this lump is nothing like the others. This lump is cancerous!" 'Bang' the bombshell had dropped.