Stage 3 breast cancer a month ago.
She has had a lumpectomy, with the removal of the sentinel lymph node (which had a tumor in it also), along with the removal of all of the lymph nodes under her right arm.
We returned home yesterday from a follow up appt. and removal of the drainage tube from the surgeons office...There was a third tumor in one of the other lymph nodes, that was removed.
She is now facing chemo, and radiation, but the ironic thing is, she had a mamogram 4 months ago, and they said it was fine. No signs of any tumors.
The surgeon said they had to have been there before, and were just not found...I don't know, everything is such a blur right now....trying to take all of this information in..
My mom has always been healthy, she doesn't take any kind of medication, except allergy meds, and there has never been any breast cancer in any of her family..
Please ladies, I know that Ocotber is breast cancer awareness month, but it is so important to do monthly self breast examinations.
Maybe if MOM had of done them, she would have found the lump sooner...It was already the size of a golf ball, when they removed it..
We are suppose to leave Sept 8th for Disney. I don't know if we are going to be able to keep that vacation or not..Thank God we bought trip insurance.
We are to go to the chemo and radiologist on the 28th, and they will tell us when she is to start her treatments...
Please keep her in your prayers, even though you don't know our names, lift us up as an unspoken request.
Thank you all so much,
Nancy
She has had a lumpectomy, with the removal of the sentinel lymph node (which had a tumor in it also), along with the removal of all of the lymph nodes under her right arm.
We returned home yesterday from a follow up appt. and removal of the drainage tube from the surgeons office...There was a third tumor in one of the other lymph nodes, that was removed.
She is now facing chemo, and radiation, but the ironic thing is, she had a mamogram 4 months ago, and they said it was fine. No signs of any tumors.
The surgeon said they had to have been there before, and were just not found...I don't know, everything is such a blur right now....trying to take all of this information in..
My mom has always been healthy, she doesn't take any kind of medication, except allergy meds, and there has never been any breast cancer in any of her family..
Please ladies, I know that Ocotber is breast cancer awareness month, but it is so important to do monthly self breast examinations.
Maybe if MOM had of done them, she would have found the lump sooner...It was already the size of a golf ball, when they removed it..
We are suppose to leave Sept 8th for Disney. I don't know if we are going to be able to keep that vacation or not..Thank God we bought trip insurance.
We are to go to the chemo and radiologist on the 28th, and they will tell us when she is to start her treatments...
Please keep her in your prayers, even though you don't know our names, lift us up as an unspoken request.
Thank you all so much,
Nancy
