Looking towards 2010
I now know what my diagnosis is, and what I will have to go through in 2010 to get through this detour in my plans. Just as I am a bit unusual, so is my cancer. It is a type that only about 10-15% of people get, in simple terms it’s called Triple-Negative, Grade 3. Basically it just means that many of the medications generally used for most breast cancer treatment will not work for me. After many medical consultations and research I decided to go with the recommended course of aggressive chemo for 4 months, followed by radiation. The very good thing in my favor is that the tumor was caught early and there has been no spread. I am doing the full treatment because the odds of it coming back are pretty high if I do nothing, and it is a fast growing, virulent type that I don’t want to do battle with in the future! So I’m ready now for this fight!
