Type of Cancer:
Breast Cancer

Diagnosis Date:
June 8, 2011

Stage of Cancer:
Stage 3

Tumor Size:
07

Her2 Status:
Yes

Lymph Node Involvement:
Yes

Surgery:
Mastectomy

Radiation:
yes

Chemotherapy:
Taxol (Paclitaxel), Tarceva (Erlotinib)

Hormone Therapy:
Tamoxifen

Immune Therapy:
Herceptin

What I Hate Most About Cancer:
The inconvenience and the cost

What I Have Learned From Cancer:
That with God I can win any battle

Things My Supporters Can Do To Help:
I need resources and I need to help others

Tips for others on how to deal with the physical side effects of chemo/cancer:
Don't eat chocolate if you have heartburn, keep a glass of water with a straw next to your bed, also for hot flashed I keep a cotton t-shirt in bed so when the sweating starts the t-shirt is cool and also absorbs the sweat

Tips for others on how to deal with the mental struggles of chemo/cancer:
pray, write, and laugh

End of Treatment Date:
June 29, 2012

Breast Cancer symptoms:
I had a lump that grew, nothing else was wrong

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:
Double masectomy 11/10/2011 Transflap 5/2012

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:
I've been in chemo since june 2011. I was taking 3 different kinds every three weeks but now have gone to just one kind. the initial treatments caused heartburn, hair loss, vision loss, hearing loss, skin discoloration, skin burns, nausea and vomiting, dizzyness, hot flashes, chemo induced asthma, chemo induced menopause, bone pain, I was not able to taste foods that were not sweet, there are many more but I feel like I"m whining...lol

Radiation or Proton Therapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:
Radiation starting 1/19/2012