Comments on: Check Yo’ Self: Erica’s Story

By: Annie

Annie — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:33:20 +0000

wow wow wow. Good for Erica for ignoring those many ‘don’t worry about it’s’ and getting to the bottom of it. I applaud her!!! So many of us would listen to the first dr. and move on with out busy lives. It’s a great lesson!

By: caitlin

caitlin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:39:34 +0000

This story is a good reminder for everyone — I am not as consciencious about this as I should be.

Unrelatedly, I think that your header is beautiful.

By: To Think Is To Create

To Think Is To Create — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:50:30 +0000

Thank you for sharing this, doctors ignore way too much, and I’m happy to hear of a “caught it early” story, since it seems like I’ve heard much of the opposite lately.

By: Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com

Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:34:58 +0000

I know someone who was diagnosed with breast cancer – stage 2 – as a teenager. Understandably, I started going in for mammograms every other year at the age of 21, hoping that if I missed something in a self-exam, at least it would be caught. I could never get over the fact that, however rare, it had happened to someone I knew so young.

I’m glad to hear that Erica caught her cancer early. FIGHT, ERICA, FIGHT!

By: Stephanie @ NewBaby.com

Stephanie @ NewBaby.com — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:24:13 +0000

Thanks for sharing this my BC was found in early detection but it took a few years to pinpoint it even when they thought it might be something the biopsy showed nothing the first year… then over time it was more pronounced. After going through 8 rounds of chemo and 33 radiation treatments – I know that finding the right doctor is crucial. I was fortunate to have the same doctors that treated Lance Armstrong… and they never said it would be easy but they were looking for the extra % of cure… 3 years and so far so good!!!

By: Losingmythighs

Losingmythighs — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:26:20 +0000

Wow thanks for sharing- just goes to show you to trust your gut when it comes to your health!

By: Erica Unger

Erica Unger — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:05:47 +0000

Sarah, thanks so much for getting the word about my story! Breast Cancer is an epidemic and it’s so important to TALK about it with other women. Don’t take “no” for an answer!

Lots of peace and love,
Erica

By: Blessed

Blessed — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:20:33 +0000

These stories need to be shared. My mother-in-law could possibly still be with us today if she had been persistent. It took 5 years before she finally sought a second opinion – at that point the breast cancer had already spread into her lymph nodes. Through chemo, radiation, pain medications, diet changes, etc… she was able to have five more years with her family and passed away of breast cancer turned into bone cancer at the young age of 53. She has 4 grandchildren she’s never got to meet, a daughter-in-law she never got to meet, she wasn’t able to be at her oldest grandson’s wedding… and if she had just persisted in getting a second opinion that first year the story could have turned out so different. My father-in-law remarried and we love his second wife, but we miss my husband’s mother too. She suffered so much and fought so hard and her only regret in those last days of her life was that she had not sought a second opinion sooner.

I had a non-cancerous cyst removed when I was 26, I’ll be 35 next year and I start yearly mammograms then. Breast cancer is rare in young women, but it isn’t unheard of!

Thanks for sharing this story!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:10:20 +0000

Wow. Thanks for sharing.

By: Danielle - ExtraordinaryMommy

Danielle - ExtraordinaryMommy — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:45:09 +0000

Thank God she didn’t give up!! It is so hard when doctors- the people we are supposed to trust the most – tell us we are fine and ‘not to worry’ – but you really do know your own body better than anyone else. Thank you for sharing this story. Love and prayers to Erica!