Laurie, United States

Almost 7 years ago, I went in for a biopsy of my liver. After my biopsy,I suffered a major bleed  lover, and ended up in the hospital for five days. On the third day of being in the hospital my doctor came into my room and told me I had stage four metastatic breast cancer. I was in total shock because in 2009 I was diagnosed with  breast cancer and at that time they said it hadn’t traveled anywhere in my body. So you can imagine surprised when the doctor told me that I have metastatic breast cancer in my liver. When they asked how I was told when you’re initially diagnosed with DCS they do not test you for the Her2 receptor. When I asked why I was told because statistically it shouldn’t be there. I soon met with my amazing oncologist, and I went to Dana-Farber for a second opinion, I was told the rate of survival was 3 to 5 years. However, they caught mine early and there are many lines of treatment out there. I  am currently on my fourth line of treatment and waiting anxiously for the results of my recent scan.  There are so many emotions that come with this day.

I feel blessed that they caught the cancer early, blessed for my amazing  family and friends for their support, blessed for my amazing  oncology team. 

I feel angry that there isn’t a cure for cancer, I am angry that the cancer returned, angry that it changed my life from what I knew.

I feel anxious every time I have a pain, anxious for scans, anxious when getting treatment, anxious about the future.

Everyday I get up, put both feet on the floor, put a smile on my face and continue on with my day. I am blessed beyond measure and I thank God for every day that I have. Looking forward to my 7 year celebration with family and friends! Yes treatments can be hard but I am stronger than the storm…I GOT THIS