Triple Negative

Hi everyone I was diagnosed with this disease back in December and so far have not posted in this group but have read and re-read lots of the blogs.l thought it was time to share my story for others also battling this diagnosis as we are a minority out there! I had a 2.2 cm grade 3 aggressive invasive tumour in my left breast. It also went into 3 nodes-stage 2.This was removed via a lumpectomy and then I commenced the 4 AC chemo and am now up to my 3rd taxol( 12 weekly) followed by radiation. The AC was very difficult - I ended up neutropenic and in hospital for a week and then 2 weeks later again with a secondary infection- pneumonia(PCP) very nasty, could hardly breathe and was in ICU for a couple of nights, but got through it and feel really good now. I have also had to have 2 blood transfusions as I was a bit anaemic-probably due to some of the meds I was getting to treat my pneumonia. Wow reading this it sounds really bad but- it really hasn't been. I got through each stage and took one day at a time. I also had faith in my Drs who were so pro-active and left nothing to chance.

I am now walking 5- 6 km each day, I have changed my diet to mostly organic where I can and mostly vegetarian but do include some eggs, fish and white meat very occasionally as I don't want to risk anaemia again! I know that each of  us is dealing with our diagnosis in our own way. I also know that it helped me process my situation by reading about others experiences. I guess I really just wanted to let people know that even when things seem really difficult during treatment- you do and can get through it. For anyone having a more difficult time - I don't mean to minimise your experience at all. I just want to share mine.

Lisa