My Breast Cancer Journey Part 30: My Twin Sister is Halfway Done with T-DM1 & October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Here she is, knocking out her 7th infusion of T-DM1 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota! She's halfway done with her post-operative chemotherapy regimen now!!

This blog post is the 30th in a series about my (and twin sister’s) preventative breast cancer screening journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. Here is a list of all of the posts written about our journey at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to date. To keep tabs on new posts, sign… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 30: My Twin Sister is Halfway Done with T-DM1 & October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 27: My Baby Sister’s Baseline Breast Cancer Screening at Mayo Clinic

This story has a happy ending: My 25-year-old baby sister successfully completed her preventative baseline breast cancer screening at Mayo Clinic in Rochester last week and doesn't have breast cancer!!! YAY!!!

This blog post is the 27th in a series about my (and twin sister’s, and now, baby sister’s) preventative breast cancer screening journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. My baby sister began her preventative baseline breast cancer screening at age 25 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester in October 2019. Here is a list of all of… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 27: My Baby Sister’s Baseline Breast Cancer Screening at Mayo Clinic

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 26: My Twin Sister’s 4th Infusion of T-DM1 & Microcystic Edema

Here is my twin sister ready to knock out her fourth infusion of TDM1 / Kadcyla at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN! Complete with her beating breast cancer "Team Mayo" tshirt and a quilt made for her by a friend!

This blog post is the 26th in a series about my (and twin sister’s) preventative breast cancer screening journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. Here is a list of all of the posts written about our journey at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to date.  To keep tabs on new posts, sign… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 26: My Twin Sister’s 4th Infusion of T-DM1 & Microcystic Edema

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 25: My Twin Sister’s 3rd Infusion of T-DM1 & 3 Month Plastic Surgery Follow Up

Here is my twin sister and her husband at Mayo Clinic in Rochester all ready for her three-month plastic surgery follow-up, three days after her third infusion of T-DM1!

This blog post is the 25th in a series about my (and twin sister’s) preventative breast cancer screening journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. Here is a list of all of the posts written about our journey at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to date.  To keep tabs on new posts, sign… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 25: My Twin Sister’s 3rd Infusion of T-DM1 & 3 Month Plastic Surgery Follow Up

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 24: My Twin Sister’s Second Infusion of T-DM1 / Kadcyla at Mayo Clinic

Here is my sister all ready to go into her second infusion of TDM1 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN!

This blog post is the 24th in a series about my (and my twin sister’s) preventative breast cancer screening journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. The 1st post is about my first mammogram ever; the 2nd post is about my consultation at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic; the 3rd post is about my stereotactic core biopsy at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic; the 4th post is… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 24: My Twin Sister’s Second Infusion of T-DM1 / Kadcyla at Mayo Clinic

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 18: My Twin Sister is Done With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy!

My twin sister finished her sixth and final round of neoadjuvant chemotherapy at Mayo Clinic in Rochester yesterday!

This blog post is the eighteenth in a series about my (and my twin sister’s) preventative breast cancer screening journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. The first post is about my first mammogram ever; the second post is about my consultation at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic; the third post is about my stereotactic core biopsy at Mayo Clinic’s… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 18: My Twin Sister is Done With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy!

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 17: ‘Pigmented Purpura,’ ‘Breast Implant Illness,’ Ovarian Cancer Screening & My Sister’s Fifth Chemotherapy Infusion

This blog post is the seventeenth in a series about my (and my twin sister’s) preventative breast cancer screening journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. The first post is about my first mammogram ever; the second post is about my consultation at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic; the third post is about my stereotactic core biopsy at Mayo… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 17: ‘Pigmented Purpura,’ ‘Breast Implant Illness,’ Ovarian Cancer Screening & My Sister’s Fifth Chemotherapy Infusion

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 16: I’m a Month Into Surgical Recovery & My Twin Sister is Halfway Done With Chemotherapy!

Here we are at Mayo Clinic for my twin sister's third of six chemotherapy infusions! We wore festive hats because her infusion was on December 20th, right before Christmas!

This blog post is the sixteenth in a series about my (and now, my twin sister’s) preventative breast cancer screening journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. The first post is about my first mammogram ever; the second post is about my consultation at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic; the third post is about my stereotactic core biopsy at… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 16: I’m a Month Into Surgical Recovery & My Twin Sister is Halfway Done With Chemotherapy!

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 15: I’m (Surgically) Cured, I’m BRCA Negative & I’m a 31-Year-Old Survivor!

I'm "surgically cured" of breast cancer after a successful double mastectomy and immediate direct-to-implant reconstruction at Mayo Clinic in Rochester!

This blog post is the fifteenth in a series about my (and now, my twin sister’s) preventative breast cancer screening journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. The first post is about my first mammogram ever; the second post is about my consultation at Mayo Clinic’s Breast Clinic; the third post is about my stereotactic core biopsy at… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 15: I’m (Surgically) Cured, I’m BRCA Negative & I’m a 31-Year-Old Survivor!

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 14: My Double Mastectomy With Reconstruction Operation at Mayo Clinic Was Awesome!

Here I am with my husband, baby sister, and parents ready to check in for my surgery at Mayo Clinic's Rochester Methodist Hospital at 5:45am! We wore "superfan" shirts we'd made for our Mayo Clinic doctor team on the day of my operation!

This blog post is the 14th in a series about my (and twin sister’s) breast cancer journey that began when we were 30 years old in July 2019. In 2019, I also started documenting our younger sister’s breast cancer previvorship journey. Here is a list of all of the posts written about our journey at Mayo Clinic’s… Continue reading My Breast Cancer Journey Part 14: My Double Mastectomy With Reconstruction Operation at Mayo Clinic Was Awesome!