To soon
Sarah died this week. She died of her breast cancer way to soon. Nothing really went right with her case.
She was diagnosed so very young. She struggled through her adjuvant chemotherapy. Nausea, fatigue, and pain were a constant for months as she took Adriamycin, Cytoxan, and Taxol. She finished therapy only to lose her insurance. Not feeling she could aford care she canceled apointments and was "lost to follow up".
Four months ago she returned to my practice after finally getting a new job and the insurance that came with it. Her first blood tests revealed signs of possible reoccurrence. This was quickly confirmed by CT scan and PET scan. Her disease was in her lungs, bones, and liver. She quickly developed severe pain and fractured her hip stepping over the threshold to her home. Hip surgery lead to post-op infections which made it difficult to give her additional chemotherapy. She had to have her hip prosthesis removed because of the infection. She struggled with the anesthesia with each surgery. She struggled with more nausea with her pain medication. She struggled to stay positive in the face of one set back after another.
She leaves behind a 10 year-old daughter, a devoted and loving husband and a family that I sure will miss her dearly.
We have made such great progress in the treatment of breast cancer in the last 10 years. Many women are cured and even when faced with metastatic disease many women live long lives. But it is CANCER that we fight, it is a terrible disease and it sometimes takes an awful toll.
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Yes, it was too soon. She was a fighter...a woman of strength & perseverance. Her husband was a loving, gentle, & soft-spoken man who never left her side. But we humans are a fragile kind...created to ultimately return to our home that's not on this earth. We were all blessed to know her, support her, & encourage her...You fought a great fight for her and did all you could do. But we humans are just that...human.
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