National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.

Will try to make this short: October 2006 diagnosed with breast cancer on the right - level 3, stage 4. Had double masectomy along with implants at the same time. Whatever the estrogen thing means it was negative. All lymph nodes were removed as well. Went through chemo, 33 radiation treatments. Had alot of healing issues during my reconstruction and had to have several more surgeries. Almost a year to the day this past October, my plastic surgeon noticed a lesion on the right and did a biopsy. It came back as cancer as well. While in my surgeon's office for the biopsy, she notice several little places on the left. Turns out they were cancer too. I immediately had surgery to remove implants and as much of skin was removed as possible. At that time they discovered that it was in 3 lymph nodes so they removed 6. This time the estrogen was positive. My doctors told me it was very rare for it to come back so quickly and in the chest wall area. I was put on Tomoxafin and had another 33 radiation treatments (this time on the left). Just last Tuesday had another biopsy done as some of the places on my chest were not healing as quickly as my radiation doctor thought. Again, removed a place from the right, the left and wound area. All came back cancer again - this time estrogen negative. I have an appointment with my oncologist tomorrow and at the request of my surgeon and family I am being scheduled to go to Chapel Hill, NC for an opinion from their surgeons and possibly going to Duke to see an oncologist there. Needless to say I doubt there is anyone around that has had this same thing happen or maybe there is. If so I'd sure like to hear from you. I have faith in God and know that I am in his hands. However, I still have fear (sometimes it's overwhelming). I have 3 children and a husband that I am trying to be strong for and do whatever I have to do. Get very depressed at times, feel like giving up, but I know I can't. Thanks to anyone that takes the time to read this.