NEXT!

On January 18, 2019 I found out I have stage 3 breast cancer and I'm pissed.

I feel like I've done everything right and was at a low risk factor for Breast Cancer. I was wrong. Here's why:
- I have fibrocystic breast disease
- I never had a child
- I didn't have my first mammogram until 43, when I already had an issue

I *thought* I was at a low risk factor because:
- There is no breast cancer EVER in my family
- I do not have any BRCA mutation gene
- I am athletic and fit
- I was a vegetarian for 25 years and eat a very healthy, low-cholesterol diet today

It turns out the type of cancer I have, Triple Negative Breast Cancer is more likely to affect young women and more likely to metastasize.  Luckily, mine has not. I have to make all stops on the cancer express for this disease:

• chemo therapy
• surgery
• radiation

I have lost all my hair and have not found a medicine that gets rid of my nausea consistently for the 4 days it takes the chemo drugs to work their way out of my system each time. 

But I am hopeful.   The odds are in my favor even with stage three and lymph node involvement.  I have an 80% of living 5 more years.  That is what I intend to do at the very least.