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Thank you for this. I’m also stage three TNBC, seeing how upbeat and positive you are during and after treatment and now cancer free years later!!!! Gives me hope. Thank you ❤️

Dont wait to get checked out. I found the lump months before I had it checked out. TNBC grows super fast, by the time I got the mamo/ultrasound/ biopsy it was stage 3. I had always had lumpy breasts and non cancerous cysts all my life, so I thought this was just another one of those. It was not. Thank you for sharing your story ♥

That's what happens to me I ended up going to the last videos and feeling devastated that they were no longer here. I felt my hope died with them. This brought tears to my eyes. My oncologist said that if it recurrs I'll die within 5 to 6 years. Thanks for your words.

I wish I had your courage. I’ve been through hell for the past 6 years with my leukemia diagnosis cll. It has affected me so much mentally.

Lovely to see your doing well right now …. I was 31 and got triple x stage 3 … I had 8 rounds surgery and radiation and survived. Now after 10 years it’s back …. But this time it’s hormonal which I think myself is much worse the treatments are awful and long term … I’m sending love and praying yours stays away . Thank you for sharing ❤❤ cancer is just cruel x x x

I really enjoyed your story Kelly. I knew that cancer could mutate but had never heard from anyone who it had actually happened to. I’m so glad that you are doing so well, and you are right, there are so many more treatments and drugs now than only a few short years ago. This means more hope for us patients with each day that goes by! Best wishes for a healthy future to you and to all of us out there!

Congrats girl. You are a beautiful speaker, not shy in front of camera either. I love how you 😊shared your amazing, courageous story with us. I wish you continued prayers in your journey. My daughter has BRCA1 as well as her youngest daughter now age 5, who has has a very rare disease , and shares with her oldest sister age 11. KAT6B. 2 middle children not tested.😊

Thank you for posting this. You are right. It' so important for people to hear stories with positive outcomes, and yes; everybody's story is different! Continued blessings to you!!

Amazing story … happy for you!! Your a champ 🙏🏻🫶🏼 I was recently diagnosed with Ductile carcinoma HER2- PR+ ER+. During treatment I heard about a women my age in my home town that passed from Triple Negative 😢… made me sad. I will conquer this !

Kelly, thank you for sharing your story. I learned so much about decision-making and going with your gut when picking the right medical team. All the best to you.

Go Kelly!

Just diagnosed with triple negative stage 3c. Your story is so comforting ❤ Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤

I had triple negative BC node negative and 15 years later diagnosed with Estrogen positive node negative BC in the same spot. They even went in the old surgery scar to remove the new bc. No family history of BC and no genetic predisposition. When you said your node showed estrogen positive it was the first time I had heard of this connection.

Pathology is more of an art than a science. Cancer doesn’t simply show up as a different color. I did a lot of pathology work during both medical school and residency. There are so many characteristics that both types of cells have, and distinguishing the two from each other is sometimes impossible. Thus the time it takes. I had 4 biopsies of my thyroid mass and all were negative. But I was in the process of becoming a doctor and did not like the feeling of my mass. It was solid and felt calcified. I demanded that it be removed. Parts that they took were truly negative. But the core was cancerous. Even the mid/ surgical biopsy was negative!! So they left the other line in. They figured that was definitive. It took a week to comb through just a 1.5mm tumor. Got a call at 6pm ona Friday and I knew. I had the other lobe removed immediately. They couldn’t decide whether I needed radiation. I was 29. I decided to do it because I wanted to be healthy to have children. My doctor said absolutely not would it interfere w my ability to have kids. At 36 I’m alone $600k in debt from med school, had to leave residency to be able to do immediate IVF after 2 miscarriages bc menopause is expected at 37. I’m trying to find a way to pay off my first round of IVF that only got me 1 good embryo. I’ve also had 2 natural miscarriages. My treatment ruined my life. I would rather not be here than here after these losses and not able to have one child. Adoption takes years and is $80k+. My dog has saved me every time I have attempted sui*ide. The irony is that I did that treatment to be able to live….

My doctors were very optimistic even though I had stage 3a with 4 pos nodes. ERPR+ Her2- grade 1. I still threw the book at it - red devil , toxil, radiation and on Arimidex or almost 10 years now, Glad you fired that doctor who told you "people die from this" Duh. 🙄 The younger you are the more aggressive it is, but there has been so much progress in treatments to keep us from stage 4.

Thank you for having the courage to share your cancer journey. Hope you are in remission🙏🏼🙏🏼🎗🎗✝️

Your journey gives me hope. Get 2nd opinions, and be your own best advocate. Allow people to care about you and help you.

A friend of mine who had triple negative discovered another tumor - estrogen positive - during radiation. Doesn't make me feel very confident about radiation.

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Any environmental factors that might have contributed to the condition?

I don't get why you fired the first oncologist.

Where are the oncologists that treated you? Unfortunately, I have Kaiser and my Oncologist is pretty lame. I need to get out of Kaiser and find an oncologist that knows what he is taking about.