Tammy Caban's TaTa's

This is not MY story, it is the story of my breast cancer. My breast cancer is but a part of my wonderful and exciting life. I was a survivor even before I was diagnosed. I won't EVEN consider the alternative.... :) Now I realize I am also a Warrior.

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Diagnosis Date - 31 December 2007; Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) & Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) Lumpectomy - 14 December 2007 Re-excisions - 31 January & 6 March 2008 Stage 2, Grade 2 Lymph Node-, HR+, HER2-, BRCA- Treatment; 4 cycles of chemotherapy; Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide) & Taxotere (docetaxel), every 21 days. Chemo completed July 2008. 6 and 1/2 weeks of daily Radiation completed at the end of September 2008. Left radical mastectomy with tram flap reconstruction August 2009.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

I am a Survivor AND a Warrior



I am a SURVIVOR, but I am more than that. I am a WARRIOR. My battle with breast cancer isn't over, nor will it ever be. Because this cancer has invaded my body once I now have to remain ever vigilant, even hyper-vigilant of it's recurrence or the invasion of a new cancer.

I'll be quite honest, my fear of recurrence is FAR greater than any fears I had with my initial breast cancer diagnosis. I always knew that I would be ok. I will in many ways always remain touched by this dreaded disease (scars, medications, evaluations) and I have accepted that. I just wish there were some magical way of feeling, of knowing, that this dreaded disease will never touch me again.
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