Fight Against Breast Cancer!

I’ve always tried to be superwoman….anything that was there to stop or hold me back, I overcame. I was a young single mom of two beautiful girls, struggled through nursing school so we could live a beautiful life no matter what. Many trials and tribulations came but WITH GOD, family and friends support, we were able to get through every obstacle. I now have a 7 month old baby girl with my best friend and two bonus sons. I have been struggling for over a year, mentally, physically, spiritually, and financially.

Always trying to be superwoman can be tough. My last pregnancy was nothing but extreme fatigue and constant nausea and vomiting-but to now have a healthy beautiful girl- I would do it all over again! All of that, led me to be unable to work. I’m the type who always had a job, if not two! Not being able to be the go getter I’ve always been-led to depression. I started work back when my baby was 4 months old- hoping I would finally get back to my self- mentally, physically, spiritually, and financially!

This month, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Brief history:

I felt small lump in 2018, after biopsy and surgery the results came back a benign phyllodes tumor. (Not cancer)

In 2021, I felt another small lump same breast, after surgery the results displayed that it was only a fibroadenoma-not a phyllodes tumor.

During my pregnancy, I felt a small lump but I figured it was probably from hormones and scar tissue from my part two surgeries. Three days after I delivered, I felt the lump grow. I went to the doctor in October and they thought it could be mastitis or a galactocele, from breastfeeding. Breastfeeding made this rare diagnosis even more difficult but I loved and cherish every second I was able to breastfeed. I was treated me for mastitis and had a referral to get a ultrasound. They weren’t too worried about it from how it looked on the ultrasound so they did a biopsy and drained fluid from the areas (there were like two small areas) The results came back not cancerous and I was to have a follow up in April. A month or so later the lump grew huge again and just kept growing. The did a ultrasound, mammogram and they said the place that was biopsied was not exactly what was growing now. So they scheduled me with a surgeon to get the lump removed. I had surgery on 4/12/23 and they removed one lump the size of a softball. It grew very quickly.

On 4/19/23 the results came back as a malignant phyllodes tumor. A type of breast cancer. A phyllodes tumor is rare to have. A malignant phyllodes tumor is even more rare. My surgeon has only seen 3 in his career and he’s been doing this for awhile, over 30 years. My previous surgeon told me she’s only seen 1 in her career of 30+ years.

Treatment- they don’t do chemo or radiation at this point, as it usually doesn’t spread he said.

I have to go see a plastic surgeon to go get a mastectomy and go over my options. That’s the best way to treat this type of cancer. Then I will go see an oncologist.

I will be out of work once I get the mastectomy and need help in anyway. Prayers are the most important thing I need right now. Please also pray for my girls, my fiancé and my family as they are also have a difficult time with this news. I appreciate all of my prayer warriors! I know everyone’s finances are tight due to the economy right now, but if you have any to spare it would greatly help, but again WE NEED PRAYERS MORE THAN ANYTHING!

THANK YOU!