What is the breast cancer index. (BCI)? According to BreastCancer.org “The Breast Cancer Index test analyzes the activity of 11 genes to help predict the risk of early-stage, hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer coming back 5 to 10 years after diagnosis.” Many women who had hormone positive breast cancer are put either
I have recently found myself thinking about “WHY” I got cancer and the lessons that I was meant to learn from this. Today, I realized that I have unlocked a major secret in something that has been blocking my own path to inner peace. I have found that in the
Menopause After Breast Cancer Many people have no idea that after a diagnosis of breast cancer, many women need to be medically induced into menopause. That is specifically for breast cancers that involve hormones such as estrogen and progesterone. In my case, they did a lab test to assess if
Let’s talk about grief beyond losing a loved one Like most people, once I got my cancer diagnosis, religion came back into my life. My not like super religious like I need to start going to church, more like spiritually. I began listening to the universe speaking to me, perhaps
Let’s talk about Xeloda (capecitadine) *Remember this this my story. This is in no way meant to be medical advice. I started Xeloda January 1, 2024 as soon as I woke up that morning. It was bittersweet to know I would be starting a new chemo drug but at the
My Breast Cancer Story Sometime around the week of January 30, 2023 I felt a small bump on top of my right breast. I was about 32 weeks pregnant with my identical twin girls! I thought this was odd since, well, I knew what my body felt like pretty well!