Lisa’s Story
I am a 37 year old single mama to two precious babies. Troy 8 and Mariah 6. I was originally diagnosed with Breast Cancer in July 2016. I’ll never forget the moment I found the lump myself. The next few months after that are kind of a blur. The cancer was determined to be very aggressive and there was no time to waste. I fought through 8 tough rounds of chemotherapy, double mastectomy, 16 rounds of radiation and then reconstruction. Things were looking up and life was slowly returning back to what could be considered normal. That was until December 2018 when I received the terrible news that the cancer was back and was given the diagnosis of stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. So far the cancer has metastasized to my liver with numerous masses on both lobes. My cancer is palliative in nature and a cure is not expected. I underwent another 6 tough rounds of chemotherapy and will continue with treatments every 21 days for the rest of my life. So far my body is reacting well to the treatments and the tumours have shrunk in size. I continue to stay positive and will not give up hope as I have so much life left to live.
