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At the age of 40, I was doing a regular breast exam. I felt a lump in my left breast. Because I am a Registered Nurse, I work closely with physicians who are also friends. I asked one to feel the lump and she said she wasn\u2019t worried but we should have it imaged. I went for a mammogram and an ultrasound. I was told the lump I felt was a cyst but that I had dense breasts. Because of the dense breasts I would be having yearly screening. I went religiously for four years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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At the age of 44, I went to my regular screening. I remember telling the ultrasound tech I was so relaxed I might fall asleep. She came back for extra views, and I went on my way. Later that day, I was driving to pick up my (then) 8 year old daughter. I noticed I missed a call from the diagnostic imaging clinic. It was a Friday afternoon at 4:00. I had a sense of impending doom. Maybe because I am a Nurse I knew this was not good. I pulled over called him back, where on the side of the road, he told me \u201cI think it\u2019s cancer\u201d. I called my husband a mess and then my co worker\/ friend\/ Doctor. I showed up at my daughter\u2019s friend’s house a total wreck.<\/div>\n
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The waiting game began. Waiting to book a biopsy, waiting for results, waiting to see the surgeon. The waiting was near intolerable as I was nursing other people and being a mom. Ultimately, I was diagnosed with stage 2 invasive lobular carcinoma, ER, PR positive, HER2 negative. I was 44. This was December 2021. I felt conflicted through this process of not getting COVID but still caring for my patients.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I met with my lovely surgeon and decided I would have a bilateral mastectomy. My cancer was actually in the opposite side of where I had initially felt my cyst. I chose a double mastectomy for symmetry and to avoid radiation. I chose no reconstruction to avoid more surgery and to show my daughter I was happy with how my body was now. The results of my Oncotype testing showed I didn\u2019t need chemo. I did have two positive lymph nodes, which means I am on tamoxifen for 10 years (due to it being lobular carcinoma).<\/div>\n
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I am tolerating my meds well (one year in), and am back at work doing what I love, taking care of Moms and babies. I never felt a lump. I had no idea I might have cancer. Everyone asked me if I had a family history and the answer is no. I am the first women in my recorded family history with breast cancer. Self breast exams and early diagnosis of dense breast tissue \/ routine screening absolutely saved my life. My biggest fear was always leaving my daughter without a mother. Screening ensured we caught it early and my daughter would have a mother as long as possible.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00c0 l'\u00e2ge de 40 ans, j'effectuais un examen r\u00e9gulier des seins. J'ai senti une grosseur dans mon sein gauche. En tant qu'infirmi\u00e8re dipl\u00f4m\u00e9e, je travaille en \u00e9troite collaboration avec des m\u00e9decins qui sont aussi des amis. J'ai demand\u00e9 \u00e0 l'un d'entre eux de palper la grosseur et elle m'a dit qu'elle n'\u00e9tait pas inqui\u00e8te mais qu'il fallait faire une imagerie. 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