'I want the best shot possible for all those who, like me, have faced and continue to deal with cancer during the pandemic.' jillhopke
of 9.4 million for breast, colorectal and prostate cancers in 2020 compared to 2019, the year I got my own diagnosis.
Both the breast surgeon and medical oncologist met with me after hours. I left the downtown women’s hospital well after dark at the end of a long day of follow-up testing and meeting these doctors with a treatment plan. I was in the infusion chair for my first chemo session with my newly placed port-a-cath in my still swollen right chest less than two weeks later.My tumor was grade three, meaning it was super fast-growing.
My son was born healthy in January 2020 as reports about a novel coronavirus were starting to emerge from Wuhan, China. By the time he was two months old much of the world was shut down under varying lockdown and stay-at-home orders. I continued getting weekly chemotherapy treatments as the safety protocols changed with each visit.
My tumor responded well to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and I completed treatment on schedule. For that, I can never thank the medical and support staff enough. that delays in treatment, from the time of first symptoms and also from diagnosis, can lead to worse outcomes for breast cancer patients, among other types of cancer.
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