May 21st, 2004 . . . Theresa was diagnosed with breast cancer

It felt like Alice in Wonderland, falling down the rabbit hole

Hearing the words “you have cancer” robbed Theresa of any sense of stability and security she had known. The revelation arrived just a few months before her 50th birthday and two weeks before her son’s wedding.  The bad news continued to arrive in waves:  Metastatic breast cancer – stage II, grade 3. She was also Her2Neu positive, ER/PR negative.  The cancer had reached her lymph nodes.  It was the type of cancer that was known to have a high rate of recurrence.

“My head was spinning when I heard the diagnosis,” offers Theresa.  “I’ve always been able to confront problems in a head-on fashion.  Nothing prepared me for this.”

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