maybe that s the wrong word to use but i am grateful| the experience i have of it really pushed me to go and get it checked. - that s amazing. thankfully, i caught it really early- because i went straight in. they diagnosed me with dcis, which is ductal carcinoma - in situ, which basically- means that the milk ducts have turned cancerous. and i also have sickle cell, | so i had to have a full body blood transfusion before i the surgery, which made us have to wait. so in total, it was about eight weeks from diagnosis - to surgery. by the time i had the surgery, the 4cm had become 7cm. - they d found micro invasion and then micrometastasesl in my armpit. in eight weeks. so, i don t know how it s possible because dcis . is supposed to be - non invasive, but it did. and i had to get three opinions to get my diagnosis, so my main message always
breast cancer and i m alsoj a patron of prevent breast cancer, so i guess i m grateful| maybe that s the wrong word to use but i am grateful| the experience i have of it really pushed me to go and get it checked. - that s amazing. thankfully, i caught it reallyl early because i went straight they diagnosed me with dcis, which is ductal carcinoma - in situ, which basically- means that the milk ducts have turned cancerous. and i also have sickle cell, | so i had to have a full body blood transfusion before i the surgery, which made us have to wait. so in total, it was about eight weeks from diagnosis - to surgery. by the time i had the surgery, the 4cm had become 7cm. - they d found micro invasion and then micrometastasesl in my armpit. in eight weeks.
so in total, it was - about eight weeks from diagnosis to surgery. by the time i had the surgery, the 4cm had become 7cm. - they d found micro invasion and then i micrometastases in my armpit. in eight weeks. so, i don t know how it s possible because dcis . is supposed to be non invasive, but it did~ and i had to get three opinions to get my diagnosis, so my main message always is to advocate for yourself | you know your body. better than anybody. yeah. before we let you go, because we could talk to you all night but unfortunately, we don t have the theatre all night, i d just like both of you sacha, like, cancer has come so far in the last five years since we have been recording. what are the things that excite you in terms of cancer treatment for the next five years? and then, i d love to ask victoria afterwards what do you hope for the future of cancer awareness? so, what i suppose would ve
to use but i am grateful| the experience i have of it really pushed me to go and get it checked. - that s amazing. thankfully, i caught it reallyl early because i went straight they diagnosed me with dcis, which is ductal carcinoma - in situ, which basically- means that the milk ducts have turned cancerous. and i also have sickle cell, | so i had to have a full body blood transfusion before i the surgery, which made us have to wait. so in total, it was about eight weeks from diagnosis - to surgery. by the time i had the surgery, the 4cm had become 7cm. - they d found micro invasion and then micrometastasesl in my armpit. in eight weeks. so, i don t know how it s possible because dcis . is supposed to be - non invasive, but it did. and i had to get three opinions to get my diagnosis, so my main message always is to advocate for yourself |
maybe that s the wrong word to use but i am grateful| the experience i have of it really pushed me to go and get it checked. - that s amazing. thankfully, i caught it reallyl early because i went straight they diagnosed me with dcis, which is ductal carcinoma - in situ, which basically- means that the milk ducts have turned cancerous. and i also have sickle cell, | so i had to have a full body blood transfusion before i the surgery, which made us have to wait. so in total, it was about eight weeks from diagnosis - to surgery. by the time i had the surgery, the 4cm had become 7cm. - they d found micro invasion and then micrometastasesl in my armpit. in eight weeks. so, i don t know how it s possible because dcis . is supposed to be - non invasive, but it did. and i had to get three opinions to get my diagnosis,