Catalina has endured five blood transfusions, a spinal bone marrow test, a surgical biopsy of her liver as well as months of unpleasant procedures. The treatment has now advanced to chemotherapy. She will have to endure numerous rounds.
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In January of 2017, at the ripe old age of 38, I felt a lump in my left breast. I was tandem nursing my almost 4 year old and almost 2 year old at the time. I started taking herbs and saw my lactation consultant since I’d already had a few clogs.
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I was diagnosed Metastatic in 2012. I have had many ups and downs living with MBC. I have gone through 6 major surgeries in 8 years.
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I had been living live as normal as possible since my diagnosis of DCIS stage 3 in 2005. Scans were sparse as they had considered me cancer free after so long. Then in 2014 I hurt my hip at work, 8 months and 3 different diagnoses.
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Quite by surprise, I found out I had Stage 4 Metastatic Ovarian Cancer. After 9 hours of surgery, I was in the hospital for 2 weeks. A young Oncologist came to tell me I was going to die within a month. He would listen to me tell him I wasn’t going to die, so I found the baddest Woman Oncologist “Dr. Bigman”, who said she would help me live, that was just about 20 years ago.
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At the end of the day, I’ve had to relinquish my Type A tendencies to control the trajectory of life and take each day much more slowly. To be present now in the lives of my boys. To cherish my husband and family.
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I would like to see more education regarding the difference between funding for MBC and non-metastatic breast cancer.
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My name is Aurora and I’m living with metastatic breast cancer [MBC]. What does that mean for me?
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