Minna Freeman-Prichard Invasive Ductal Carcinoma

Minna is a mother of 3 and has been an inspiring and loving child care worker and educator within our communities of Kitsap, King, and Kauai counties for over 25 years. She has caredfor, loved and taught countless children in public, private and outdoor schools over the years and now needs our help. Please consider donating to help her and family focus on healing during this stressful time of a new cancer diagnosis in the midst of a pandemic. 

“Today was a no good, terrible, horrible, very bad day. It started with our beloved kitty found dead, news of the impending pandemic and finally a breast cancer diagnosis. The surgeon suggested I avoid work and going out in public both now and in future weeks and month of recovery and healing. On the flip side, a diagnosis was almost a relief as I have had strange medical issues pop up over the past 14 months that doctors, physician assistants, dermatologists and radiologist have all blown off as inconsequential, not having  any reason for it, or suggesting more common reasons for the ailment. I knew something was up. Over a year ago I had incredibly swollen lymph nodes in my neck, blown off to be linked to a migraine. In April my dear friend noticed strange bleedingmy feet, peticia, or tiny burst blood vessels under the skin: also blown off as nothing. In September a lump in my breast was assumed to be a blocked milk duck since I had just weaned my 3 year old. I am 39, healthy and with no family history of breast cancer. Since January my primary care doctor, the physician assistant and radiologist who performed a mammogram and ultrasound all said blocked milk duct,  no worries of cancer. I did a round of both topical and internal antibiotics to rule out mastitis. They then said the rash, redness, orange peel dumpling of skin and thickening of my skin to  a topical injury. Finally the radiologist suggested I meet with the surgeon to get an all clear. She suggested cut it out right away, do a biopsy or wait and see. We started with a biopsy, or rather 4, that came back positive for cancer.  Surgery is scheduled for next Tuesday the 24th after which we will know if it’s also in the lymph  nodes or not. The medical bills for testing have already started coming in and we haven’t even begun surgery or treatments yet. Doing my best to avoid the news, hunker down with the family, research power foods, meditate, exercise and stay positive.  Mahalos to everyone who has reached out already with loving kindness.”