My life dramatically changed in 2019 when I learned that my tumor had been misdiagnosed, leaving me dangerously close to death.
The mastectomy, which should have marked a turning point for recovery, instead became the start of a completely new and much more difficult chapter. I woke from anesthesia not with relief, but overwhelmed by intense pain with no clear explanation.
In the weeks that followed, I developed a frozen shoulder, and a simple seroma quickly turned into a chronic long-term complication.
Now, six years later, the seroma still needs draining every few weeks, and I constantly struggle with lymphedema, chronic insomnia, a painfully swollen knee, a deformed thumb, and several CARPA allergies—each triggered by the very medications and treatments I received because my breast cancer care was delayed by misdiagnosis.
Every day, I am left with both physical symptoms and mental scars—a constant reminder of the turmoil and destruction caused by being misdiagnosed, neglected, and forgotten by the clinic, its doctors, and the system meant to protect me.
You can read more about it here:
The mastectomy, which should have marked a turning point for recovery, instead became the start of a completely new and much more difficult chapter. I woke from anesthesia not with relief, but overwhelmed by intense pain with no clear explanation.
In the weeks that followed, I developed a frozen shoulder, and a simple seroma quickly turned into a chronic long-term complication.
Now, six years later, the seroma still needs draining every few weeks, and I constantly struggle with lymphedema, chronic insomnia, a painfully swollen knee, a deformed thumb, and several CARPA allergies—each triggered by the very medications and treatments I received because my breast cancer care was delayed by misdiagnosis.
Every day, I am left with both physical symptoms and mental scars—a constant reminder of the turmoil and destruction caused by being misdiagnosed, neglected, and forgotten by the clinic, its doctors, and the system meant to protect me.
You can read more about it here:
