Survivorship ~ Mentorship

    For every type of cancer it’s always important to have a survivor in your corner.  No more so than breast cancer  and  the personal circumstance that surround the situation. Sometimes when you have an urgent need and start exploring the possibilities on the internet when it’s a crisis. Just  finding the right keywords to google can be quite mind numbing and baffling.

  With one of  the most intriquing  and  interesting cancer cases  I happen    upon being Dr. Kimberly Allison.  Whom  in  March  2008  being  33 years old  and  a  breast  cancer  pathologist.  Also recently having been  named Director of Breast Pathology  at  the University of  Washington in Seattle.  With  her diagnosis that was challenging to treat because the tumor cells lacked the receptors  for  estrogen  and  progesterone  that are associated  with more curable cancers.

   However the cells carried receptors for Her-2/neu, a growth factor that’s associated  with agressive cancer.  At diagnosis Dr. Kimberly’s  cancer had already spread to at least one lymph node  and  it was big, bigger  than  the average size being one – to – two centimeters.  Hers being seven centimeters might be a bit testy to treat.  Since  that  time Dr. Allison  has chosen to give something back, while mentoring other patients about her experiences she has written a book “Red Sunshine.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub360uAC_YQ

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