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Carol - Breast Cancer

I had severe breast cancer in April 1984.  I had a modified radical mastectomy at St. Vincent's Hospital in LR, AR.  I had 16 malignant lymph nodes out of the 19 removed under my arm.  My surgeon was a wonderful Christian man and I owe a lot of my recovery to him and my great oncologist besides God, of course.  I had 13 months of chemo which I tolerated well being as I was on such a strong dosage of all the 3 different drugs.  I got a little sickly feeling from about 3 days but the only days I missed from my work was the day I had to drive to LR for my treatment (125 miles each way).  I continued working through my whole treatment except for the 6 weeks of radiation and cobalt treatment that I took at CARTI in LR.  While receiving this treatment, I stayed at Hope Lodge in LR and just went home on the weekends.  I am a Survivor and Praise God above all else for it.  But my Doctors, family and friends were all a big contributor to my recovery.  As Scott says "If I can do it - you can too."  God Bless.