shellyb47's Cancer Blog
May 14, 2008
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I understand (y)our anxiety. I know all to well how the mind can over rule reason. If you can learn to trust your body again, trust it to heal. You can do it. I will have to do it as well. Trust and believe only in the goodness that your body is capable of. You had the cancer removed, it is time to believe in yourself again.
Sincerly and with tenderness
Shelly
06.22.08 - 
Thanks for your support -
Hi Shelly,
I was diagnosed 8/15/07. I found a lump in May and I thought it was related to my periods. It went away and then came back bigger and harder in July. My doctor thought it was just a cyst and I should go have it drained. Then it wouldn’t drain, so had to have a biopsy and the big “C” word came out and messed up everything.
I am sure no one will ever forget exactly where you were when you hear those words “you have cancer”.
Had L mastactomy on 9/25/07 with Sentinel Nodes done first the day of surgery. 10 out of 10 Nodes (7 were attached to breast tissue) were negative! But my tumor was triple negative.
Which can be aggressive and can come back even with chemo and radiation. But the doctors feel that they got everything. The surgery wasn’t that bad at all. I did have to go get physical therapy from the node sx. I couldn’t believe that little cut (maybe about an inch long) made moving my arm very difficult. I was off work for 5 weeks. One week longer than I wanted to be off. Started chemo in December. I had (A/C)
Adriamyacin and Cytoxcin together every 2 weeks for 4 rounds. Then I had Taxol weekly for 12 weeks. The A/C part was harder than the Taxol.
And there were days that all I did was cry. It’s all the steroids and junk they put in your body. But you CAN do it. You really don’t have any other choice! I have 2 boys 5 & 7 and I am married so I fight as hard as I can to be here everyday for them! I try to enjoy every minute
possible. It really makes you look at things a lot differently.
Just remember you can do this! And I am here if you need to talk.
Take care and best wishes,
Doris.