My Breast Cancer Journey Part 37: My Twin Sister is All Done With Chemotherapy & is in REMISSION!!!

Here is the happy couple after defeating breast cancer with 20 chemotherapy infusions totaling 43 hours of infusion / chair time! My twin sister is now in Remission!!!!

This blog post is the 37th 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 37: My Twin Sister is All Done With Chemotherapy & is in REMISSION!!!

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 36: My Baby Sister is Breast Cancer Free at 26 & My Twin Sister’s 13th T-DM1 Infusion Was Awesome!

Here is my baby sister after conquering her follow-up MRI at Mayo Clinic Rochester! The results of the MRI show she's breast cancer free!!!

This blog post is the 36th 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 36: My Baby Sister is Breast Cancer Free at 26 & My Twin Sister’s 13th T-DM1 Infusion Was Awesome!

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 35: My Twin Sister’s 12th T-DM1 Infusion & Oncology Update!

Here is my twin sister and her husband waiting to see her oncologist to talk through the rest of her breast cancer treatment plan!

This blog post is the 35th 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 35: My Twin Sister’s 12th T-DM1 Infusion & Oncology Update!

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 34: My One Year Survivorship Appointment & My Twin Sister’s 11th T-DM1 Infusion!

Here my twin sister and I are with our husbands, halfway through our appointments for the day at Mayo Clinic in Rochester last Friday! We had side-by-side appointments with our plastic surgeon and then I went to my one-year survivorship meeting at the breast clinic while my twin sister went to her 11th chemotherapy infusion of TDM1!

This blog post is the 34th 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 34: My One Year Survivorship Appointment & My Twin Sister’s 11th T-DM1 Infusion!

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 33: My Twin Sister’s 10th T-DM1 Infusion & She Doesn’t Have Ovarian Cancer WOOHOO!

Here is my twin sister with her husband, all smiles after her 10th infusion of T-DM1 / Kadcyla at Mayo Clinic Rochester and after finding out her ovarian cyst is "shrinking / resolving on its own" and is not ovarian cancer / does not require surgery!

This blog post is the 33rd 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 33: My Twin Sister’s 10th T-DM1 Infusion & She Doesn’t Have Ovarian Cancer WOOHOO!

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 32: My Twin Sister’s 9th Infusion of T-DM1 & Baseline Ovarian Cancer Screening Results (prayers please!)

Here is my twin sister and her husband at Mayo Clinic last week where she had her consultation with a gynecological oncologist in addition to a survivorship consult at the Breast Clinic and her 9th infusion of T-DM1 / Kadcyla!

This blog post is the 32nd 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 32: My Twin Sister’s 9th Infusion of T-DM1 & Baseline Ovarian Cancer Screening Results (prayers please!)

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 31: My Twin Sister’s 8th Infusion of T-DM1 & Baseline Ovarian Cancer Screening

Here is the entire family supporting the American Cancer Society's "Real Men Wear Pink" campaign at a Chris Steinke Facebook Live music event on October 1st! You can support/give to my dad's campaign at this link: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/Althoff

This blog post is the 31st 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 31: My Twin Sister’s 8th Infusion of T-DM1 & Baseline Ovarian Cancer Screening

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 29: My Twin Sister’s 6th Infusion of T-DM1 & More Puppy Photos!

Here is my twin sister with her new baby Boston Terrier puppy Gizmo! He welcomes her home now from all of her chemotherapy infusions and trips!

This blog post is the 29th 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 29: My Twin Sister’s 6th Infusion of T-DM1 & More Puppy Photos!

My Breast Cancer Journey Part 28: My Twin Sister’s 5th Infusion of T-DM1 & Microcystic Edema Continued

Here is my twin sister sporting her new haircut with her husband on vacation at Madden's in Northern Minnesota before her 5th infusion!! She looks and feels great!!

This blog post is the 28th 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 28: My Twin Sister’s 5th Infusion of T-DM1 & Microcystic Edema Continued