i have been diagnosed march 12th with aggressive invasive ductal adenocarcinoma stage 1 until i had surgery on the 19th and then it went to stage 2 cause it had gone into my lymph nodes and sentinel on the right side there where 6 out of 10 that where cancerous along with 4 in the breast left side 2 in the breast and 1 out of 9 in the lymph nodes had bilaterall mastectomy with removal of lymph nodes and know i am getting ready to go get a ct scan,bone scan,and muga scan on the 7th of april then a port on the 13th then chemo on the 15th for 4 months followed by radiation m-f for 6 weeks then talk about reconstruction then i will be taking pill form tamoxifen for 5 years. i have had 2 cbc, 3 mamagrams. 2 ultrasounds, core needle biopsy in three places with titanium clips and it hurt really really bad due to it was cancerous and cancer doesn't numb, mri on both breast chest x-ray, 2 surgerys 1st on the right and left breast and the right lymph nodes biopsy on the left lymph nodes and that is when they found the cancer in the nodes so i underwent a second surgery on the day that my sister had passed away and here showing was on that surgery day. i got laid off from work then i find out i have abnormal mamagram, husband got into a wrenck coming home from work and a dump truck hit him, my mother in law has a brain tumor and has to have surgery along with my father in law who is in icu due to blood clot in l eg shingles and colon took out and is on a ventilator. i am paying for insurance out of my pocket and can not seem to get any help to pay for living or bills or copayments although my oncologist has set me up with a social worker that may be able to help me but i have always worked and have not ask for anything and know when i need help it seems inpossible . i have evem sent an e-mail to the president. i guess i am just angry because i am a cma and have always tried to help people and when a woman is diagnosed with cancer she has no help i haven't even been married for 1 year yet and i am trying everything that i can to maintain mentally and physically life . with all the difficult dicissions that i have had to deal with along with the economy i am so stressed. WHAT DO YOU DO?
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