Does Anyone Have Any Encouraging Stories About Cancer Survivors Close to You?
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Mу mom іѕ a breast cancer survivor (іt’s bееח аƖmοѕt two years now) аחԁ ѕһе һаѕ become ѕο much stronger bесаυѕе οf everything ѕһе′s gone through (chemo, radiation аחԁ a double mastectomy). Sһе іѕ truly аח аmаᴢіחɡ woman аחԁ һаѕ inspired mе tο write a novel (something tһаt I һаνе always wanted tο ԁο) аbουt һеr struggle аחԁ һοw іt changed ουr lives. I know tһаt things Ɩіkе tһіѕ аrе personal аחԁ аt times difficult tο talk аbουt, bυt I wουƖԁ Ɩονе tο hear уουr ѕtοrіеѕ іf уου don’t mind sharing tһеm. 
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My mother-in-law was told by a doctor that she could have no more children. My wife, her child, went through 14 chemo and radiation treatments for carcinoma lymphoma otherwise known as Hodgkin’s disease. She was told by her Oncologist that she would never have children because of her treatments rendered he sterile. 10 years later my only offspring is going into the 4th grade. Life always finds a way.
AMEN!
Hello Danielle:
I am carol I have been fighting cancer since 1977 I got Leukemia at that time I was one of the first chemo test patients for the treatment that I received. Most people don’t live this long after getting leukemia but for some reason I have. I went into remission 1-15-1979 no more Sign of the cancer But this was too short of time as I got cancer again but the doctors were keeping a close eye on me. I got a brain tumor so August 1984 just 5 years of being cancer free I was fighting again.
Than one year later I had stomach cancer and they had to remove a section of my stomach. that was august 1985 than I was doing well for quite some time but 1992 I found a lump in my left breast but the doctors kept saying it had to be cyst. Being a nurse I insisted that
they remove the fluid. So March 10,1993 they went in to remove the fluid but there was no fluid it was a cancer tumor so on March 12,1993
they did a lumpectomy. The mass was the size of a golf ball. But after being on tamoxifen for a short amount of time I developed a Allergy to it
but they put me on low dose birth control which after a year I became allergic to it as well. During 1993 to 1994 I took care of Robert Goulet
who had testicular cancer, He died 2008 from lung cancer. He smoked cigars. But in 1996 I got colon cancer than liver cancer and more stomach cancer as well as ovarian cancer so it was one surgery after another. more chemo and more radiation hoped it was over but it had moved up into my epilogues then my vocal cords. so by now it is 2000
and I got ran over. So now I am stuck i a wheel chair for life. and 2001 they removed part of my vocal cords after removing part of the epilogues you would think ok its over well no. The breast cancer came back and again my gyn doctor ignored me asking to have it checked out I found the mass in september 2003 and on March 12, 2004 the mammogram confirmed what I found but it spread too fast I had to have both breast removed 8 masses on the right side and 6 on the left
and in going in for a chest x ray before surgery they found I also had
a spot on my left lung. May 17,2004 they repaired my vocal cords in San Diago California. Then May 26, 2004 they did a bilateral mastectomy than I got a infection from the blood transfusion so they did another x ray and the lung cancer had spread as well so back in
for more surgery this time to remove the left lung and remove the infection. You would think ok she is finished right. No. I had skin cancer as well and a cyst and a cancerous tumor between my hand and my wrist. the tumor was under the cyst. normally you do not find them both that close to each other but there it was. both were removed on the same day at the same time. now was I done no
another mass on my right breast even though there were no breast
there was more cancer so they did another lumpectomy.
all this time I was doing chemo and radiation over and over you would
think that cancer would leave me alone. Well it attacked my right kidney about 6 months ago. so more chemo again. Well today I went
back to see the doctor You guessed it more cancer we don’t know just what we will do I know we will be removing 3 more spots on the right breast area and one on the left. but it has moved to my liver as well as still fighting the kidney cancer and I have been having a lot of head aches lastly you got it a month ago the ct scan showed another mass in my head too. And because they gave me a medication called reclast I can not even start chemo again till December at the earliest.
What are we going to do. Pray and that what ever we have to do. I am a fighter not a quit-er. I will not give up. So now you know just how cancer can dominate your life. I became a nurse while fighting the Leukemia back in 1977 so I retired in 2000 But I still try to keep up with all the new stuff on cancer. Even doctor Sugarbaker’s new research in washington dc so to any of you fighting cancer Never give up.
You can see by my avatar name that I too am a breast cancer survivor. When I first discovered the tumor, my PC DR sent me to a surgeon who ordered the biopsy and in 2 days I was told it was malignant ductal carcinoma. It’s a good thing my husband was with me because once I heard the word “cancer” I felt life drain right out of me, tears dropped like a shower and I heard nothing else he said. My first thought was “this is it, now I die.” By the end of the week, I had a mastectomy. It wasn’t bad at all. The part that made me stronger was because I had an idiot for a DR. I know, that sounds strange, but listen, On my first visit I asked him why he left so much breast tissue there, His dumb answer “there’s no cancer there,” Even my husband thought it was strange. Before the year was up, I had another tumor rigjht in the mastectomy site which the same DR removed. Now, I’m really concerned and made the decision to see an Oncologist. I told him my story and he said these exact words to me that I will never forget, “Every surgeon has to be specially trained to do mastectomies. Not just any surgeon can do them. Secondly, Never should any tissue be left in a diseased breast.” One week later, I had a second mastectomy and the Oncologist removed all the residual tissue left from the first one. When he came to see me he said he felt bad because what he actually did was a bi-lateral mastectomy. He found so much tissue from the first one and he also found another tumor. I was furious. I wrote to that first surgeon and did not give him my Oncologist name or any info about him. But I told him that I wondered how many women he performed mastectomies on and he left tissue in them. How many of these women are walking around thinking they are cancer free when they may be harboring another tumor. That experience alone gave me the incentive to write an article in our local newspaper warning women about surgeons who are not properly trained to do mastectomies. I warn all women to make sure the surgeon they have is specially trained. I may be without breast, but I am alive to help other women and warn them. So like you, this has made me stronger and I can speak out against untrained doctors. Good luck on your book, I’m writing one too. On a different subject though. God bless
Good luck with your novel, and if you would like to use any of the information on http://www.after-cancer.com (I am a survivor too) please do so – just include the web address.
Verite R