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Thought For Sure I Was Not Going To Make It

Writer's picture: Surviving Breast CancerSurviving Breast Cancer

Meet Rosa, Diagnosed At 48 With Stage 1B, ER+ HER2- Breast Cancer

Hi, My name is Rosa. I was diagnosed at 48 with Stage 1B, ER+ HER2- Breast Cancer.

This is my story.


In April, 2018 I was diagnosed with cancer in my left breast.


They found five tumors there.


I had a lumpectomy and one lymph node dissection, but did not have clear margins.


​I caught an abscess (a swollen area within body tissue, containing an accumulation of pus and fluid) in the wound, which resulted in 2 months of antibiotics.


I had lots of packing and it was an incredibly painful experience. In June, I had the left breast.


After surgery and clear margins, I was negative for cancer.


Everything was removed...Stage 1B.


Onco score 30.


I did 4 rounds of chemotherapy (the TC regiment), from July to September.



I lost my hair...


I lost my mind...


I cried every day.



I am on to the Aromataise inhibitor (AI) Letrozole.


What a nightmare!!!