Misdiagnosed at First: Susan's 20-Year Breast Cancer Story | The Patient Story

Susan shares her deeply personal breast cancer journey of over 20 years. When Susan was 50, her husband, who is a physician, found a lump in her left breast. Susan then felt the hard, pea-sized lump. She then scheduled a fine needle aspiration biopsy. The doctor took 3 samples and incorrectly told Susan he didn't think it was anything. After they surgically removed what was thought to be a benign lump, a pathology report later showed it was indeed breast cancer. 10 years later, she was diagnosed for a second time.

In this story, she shares getting misdiagnosed at first, the multiple surgeries she went through, the different chemotherapy regimens, radiation, and the difficult side effects.

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[bohochic]

Dear Susan, Thank you for sharing your story. It isn't easy to get behind a video and allow yourself to be so vulnerable. Bravo to you for surviving 3 different breast cancers, and also dealing with Parkinson's disease! Your positive and kind attitude is awe-inspiring! It gives me hope. I needed to watch your video tonight. It is clearly evident that you have such an appreciation for life. You are a beautiful woman with a beautiful spirit. Don't ever let anyone dim the bright light that shines within you. Sending many blessings your way. Heartfelt healing hugs and love.
🙏🏻✨️🫂✨️🦋✨️💖

[BarbaraCorbett-zemy]

I think this woman is lovely, humble and very real. I get where she is coming from.

[rebeccakarlsson]

Thank you for your emotional story and for all of the good information and advice. You are an inspirational woman.

[jennyeykamp]

What a really lovely lady. Wish I knew her, I just turned 70 and hate the way I look, I never thought I was beautiful but was OK with me. My husband saw me as beautiful so that was enough but now I cover mirrors in my bedroom so that I don't get shocked and can forget how I look. I have never spoken about this except to my gorgeous daughters.

[sagittarius]

Thank you for sharing your story Susan!! ❤

[carolisherwood]

Your wonderful personality is still there despite this gruelling assault on your body. You said you felt an attack on your femininity but Can I assure you that your femininity is alive and strong. I really hope you’re going to be ok now and you Can have some peace in your life. Thank you for sharing your story.🌹

[lelerussell]

Wishing you great health and happiness Susan! Thanks for sharing your story. I had right sided breast cancer that didn’t show on mammograms too. Take care sister🩷

[lisat]

Wow Susan, you have such a beautiful spirit and amazing attitude! Thank you for sharing your story ♥ I had hair down to my butt when I got my diagnosis. Yes the biopsy was horrible. I am glad that you had such a great care team and loving husband though all of these years.

[RestfulRoom]

One lovely comment, not mine: My husband had a stage 4 lung cancer, and doctor said he would only have few months to live. We have changed our live style together by changing our diet (Whole food plan base diet), exercise, and be in the sun for about 1 hr/day. To our surprise, his tumor in the brain shrink then disappear in just 2 short months. His doctor had no words on how we could reverse cancer naturally.

[richardhutchison]

Thank you for being so up front and honest about your true feelings. I have Acute Myeloid Leukemia and I lost my hair twice in 2022. And it's just hair! You look amazing even with the Parkinson's! You are blessed and I will pray for you Susan. Love from Nashville, TN!

[monicalararodriguez]

Thank you for sharing your story, God bless you 🙏🏼🙌🏼

[theresaswain]

What a beautiful woman inside and out. Thank you for sharing your story.

[RestfulRoom]

Please try gratitude. I've read one Jewish book about gratitude: people wrote about how they didn't have something, wanted it so much, and they started practicing gratitude for about half an hour/hour each day. And they got what they wanted! Heavens are very generous. Remember this please: 'Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.'

[jimhallandcindymorgan]

I also had 2 biopsies (vacuum assisted) in March, 2024, and my radiologist told me upfront that his goal was for this to be a pain-free procedure...and it was! He even put anesthetic on my skin before injecting the local anesthetic, so even that shot didn't hurt! I'm so sorry your doctor was so callous and uncaring.

[clairebeever]

I do hope your ok now . Thank you for sharing very similar to myself but was clear for 10 years but this time hormonal and had spread to my skin and lymph nodes . I don’t think people understand how hard the mastectomy bit is they just think about the cancer …. It’s awful your body is changed forever and it doesn’t look nice it’s a awful shock 😢 very hard mentally….. I’m sending lots of love 💕 to you ❤❤

[RestfulRoom]

Please read the comment under Martina McBride's ' In My Daughter's Eyes' video: My mom recorded a cover of this song for me and it took years before I could listen to it. Then it took a long time for me to be able to listen without crying. She got H1N1 back in 2009 when there was a huge break out of it. She was hospitalized and pit in the ICU 6 weeks before my 6th birthday and my little sister was only 1 1/2 at the time. The doctors told my dad and my grandparents to start preparing for her funeral because they didn’t think she was going to make it. So we prayed. Then not long after that on my birthday (September 27) she slipped into a coma. So we continued to pray and a few days later our prayers were answered as she began to get better. About a week or two after that she was home and on the mend. It was a true miracle and I don’t have a doubt in my mind that God had heard our desperate cries and answered them. I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t have her today. Praise the Lord.

[Ceerads]

As a long-time survivor of stage I, triple-positive breast cancer, I’m very surprised that she knew so little about her cancer. I’m assuming her tumor was HER2-positive, hence the need for chemo post-surgery. I’m being mean now by saying her laughing and willful ignorance really annoy me. And I’m surprised that MDA removed five lymph nodes, after the sentinel node was clear of cancer. For my SNB, MSC removed only the sentinel node after it tested benign.

[annrae]

You had a lousy doctor if you felt pain when you had your biopsy...I had 3 or 4 needles too and felt nothing..my doctor froze me and I didn't even feel that needle going in..I watched the needle going in on a screen and was so interested in what was happening..my Mom had a biopsy years before and the doctor was a sadist..she screamed multiple times and when he examined her later and saw a bruise that covered half her breast he said "Geez I really did a job on you " and later she spoke to other women about it and they said the same happened to them with that doctor and he said the same thing to them...he's dead now and so not hurting any more women..they should of taken him to court.I live in Canada and had the best doctors ever..had a lump out too and had very little pain, one aspirin fixed it.

[clairebeever]

Well said Susan it is a cruel unforgiving bitch 😅 be proud of yourself you really should be x

[californiadoll]

We get it YOUR HUSBAND IS A PHYSICIAN, no need to keep repeating it every 20seconds. 🙄