Tami is a wife, mother, grandmother, and cancer survivor. When she went to her doctor for cancer screening, they had previously done an ultrasound on her breast, and they told her to go back for a mammogram.
My mammogram caught something that couldn’t be felt, and found it before it grew big enough for me to notice. I was able to have the surgery and radiation treatments I needed, and now take a daily pill to help keep the cancer from recurring. Having effective screening & treatment options gave me more time…
By the time she was able to get her mammogram, her doctor determined that she had stage 1 breast cancer; thankfully, even though she had cancer in two different places, her doctor caught it early. She didn’t have to have chemotherapy, but she did have radiation.
Cancer treatments were exhausting, though effective. She had cancer removed from her breast and a lymph node removed, and was able to ring the bell in November 2023. She now takes a daily medication to help prevent the cancer cells from returning – she has been instructed to stay on it for the next 10 years. She is a few years into the pill and still goes for her yearly mammogram to make sure the cancer hasn’t returned. She makes her daughter go get screened for breast cancer and encourages others to get screened. Because she could access the treatment she needed, when she needed it, and had a treatment regimen that works for her thanks to advancements in treatment, she has been able to see her oldest grandchild graduate college.