Stage 3 Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Don't know what to expect

@alisa1, I'm glad that you found inspiration and helpful tips from a fellow cancer survivor, Amy Morris. It helps to hear from others who have been there.

For Everyone:
Eating healthy, exercise, not smoking, etc., we all know are good for us. And yes, healthy living can help to reduce our risk of recurrence or getting cancer in the first place. Unfortunately, cancer happens to some people even when we do everything "right".

For this reason, I would like to add some tips on how to evaluate resources. Do your due diligence.

There are red flags for me reviewing Dr. Amy's website and videos.
1. She makes promises that can't be guaranteed. For example, she stated that you can take "exact steps that eliminate side effects and stay cancer free for life"
No on can keep that promise to you. They shouldn't proclaim it as fact. We are all different. No one can guarantee cancer-free for life.

2. She is a doctorate of pharmacy, not an medical physician or oncologist.
I'm the first to tell you that pharmacists are an important member of your health care team. They are knowledgeable, accessible and often helpful, expecially when reviewing medications, possible interactions and counselling how best to take medications.
However on her website, she is not clear about her degree and it is misleading that she calls herself the cancer expert and Dr. Amy.

3. She is selling promises. Often where there is hope, there is hype. Buyer beware before spending your money.

@kevachanel38 - hey there. Thanks for the update. Wanted to encourage you and say hang in there! You’re not alone.

4th Taxol treatment for me today… every Monday, then off to the big 3 together for the last 4 biweekly treatments. So happy to hear another chemo warrior is bringing ginger into there lives… I drink a brew I make all day long. I also make a quinoa and chia seed mush. Look it up… great nutrition. Big problem is iron and potentially anemia… I don’t eat red meat. Sooo, I added a plant protein powder into my smoothie.. we shall see how my iron is today.
I love my rolling cooler… it’s awesome. That and a backpack with my headphones, laptop, iPad and blankey… I’m battling not being a thumb sucker… lol
Be brave, be strong, be beautiful… we are warriors.

@alisa1, I'm glad that you found inspiration and helpful tips from a fellow cancer survivor, Amy Morris. It helps to hear from others who have been there.

For Everyone:
Eating healthy, exercise, not smoking, etc., we all know are good for us. And yes, healthy living can help to reduce our risk of recurrence or getting cancer in the first place. Unfortunately, cancer happens to some people even when we do everything "right".

For this reason, I would like to add some tips on how to evaluate resources. Do your due diligence.

There are red flags for me reviewing Dr. Amy's website and videos.
1. She makes promises that can't be guaranteed. For example, she stated that you can take "exact steps that eliminate side effects and stay cancer free for life"
No on can keep that promise to you. They shouldn't proclaim it as fact. We are all different. No one can guarantee cancer-free for life.

2. She is a doctorate of pharmacy, not an medical physician or oncologist.
I'm the first to tell you that pharmacists are an important member of your health care team. They are knowledgeable, accessible and often helpful, expecially when reviewing medications, possible interactions and counselling how best to take medications.
However on her website, she is not clear about her degree and it is misleading that she calls herself the cancer expert and Dr. Amy.

3. She is selling promises. Often where there is hope, there is hype. Buyer beware before spending your money.

Hello every one I haven't been in here in months ( April) to be exact , I wanted to give you all updates on my journey , as this was the first place I reached out to for support when my world came crashing down on me . So remember I was diagnosed with stage 3 triple negative breast cancer on February 18, 2025 two days before my 38 birthday , I started chemo March 7 , I did 16 hard rounds of chemo , That Red Devil was brutal on me , I finished it August 8 , I was originally supposed to have a Mastectomy September 8, 2025 however I was stalling out I really did not want to remove my breast , My drs kept saying you have to remove it now and fast because we dont want the tumor to grow back but something in me was still fighting not to do it so on Sept 5th I called the office and canceled my appointment and told them I was going to get a second opinion . So I lefT University of Miami and went to Memorial Regional and got a second opinion , My Appintment with the New Surgeon was Sept . 12 and she stated that yes surgery was needed and it had to be removed fast so the tumor won't grow back , so then I asked her what about my right breast and she was like just like UM stated we will worry about that breast after , our main concern is the left breast, while I was in her office I felt a since of compassion , caring , she was so willing to listen to me and my needs and my spirit automatically felt like I needed this Dr to perform my surgery , so told her Im not going back to UM I want you to do the surgery , she smiled and said I would be honored to do it, so they schedule my surgery for Sept 15th and I left her office , the next day she called me and said Lakeva you know what, just like I do all my patients before surgery, I want to make sure the right breast is ok lets do a Mammo on that breast first and I'm going to postpone the surgery . I had my Mammo done Sept 19th at 10 am and the results came back that their was something suspicious in the right breast so I had to do a Biopsy and I did that on Sep26 , The results came back Oct 2nd and the same Cancer was in my right breast ,I couldn't believe it and I felt like it was February 18th all over again , I was devasted , I cried none stop and I told everyone I just can't do it anymore and I was ready to throw in the towel, I could not believe UM was about to remove my left breast with out making sure the right breast was ok . So on Oct 9 I had both breast removed , my Dr stated that their was no cancer in the left breast the chemo really did its job but it was so much cancer in the right and she removed it all and told my mom that I can say I'm Cancer free, I know everyone use this NED term but I'm claiming Cancer Free, Now I'm still doing Keytruda and I also have radiation to do , I will proublary start that in a few weeks after I heal from surgery , right now I'm dealing with severe pain , I'm suffering from Neuropathy in my left leg and major back pain , all of this is making it hard for me to walk , they prescribed me Cymbalta and Gabapentin and I take Aleve but this is still not helping that much , I just started taking vitamin C, Bcomplex and Magnesium Im hoping this will help , sorry about the very long update I just wanted to share where im at in this journey and thank you all for helping me in the beginning , this has been some Journey I'm 8 months in and I can't believe I made it this far