{"id":13532,"date":"2019-10-10T17:14:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T17:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=280236"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:07","slug":"diagnosed-with-breast-cancer-at-24-her-biggest-fear-wasnt-death-but-infertility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/diagnosed-with-breast-cancer-at-24-her-biggest-fear-wasnt-death-but-infertility\/","title":{"rendered":"Diagnosed With Breast Cancer At 24, Her Biggest Fear Wasn\u2019t Death But Infertility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmy Rickert was only 24 years old when she was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, a very aggressive form of the disease.<\/span>Her biggest fear wasn\u2019t the cancer, though \u2014 it was that she wouldn\u2019t be able to start a family. She was young and had her whole life ahead of her. She wasn\u2019t even married yet.<\/span>Her cancer diagnosis was just another terrible occurrence in a string of unfortunate health issues<\/a> in her family that occurred over the span of only a few years.<\/span>Rickert\u2019s dad underwent a heart transplant. Only eight months later, her mom died from a brain aneurism. Two years after that, she lost her aunt to breast cancer.<\/span>\u201cI was really angry. I just kept thinking, \u2018Okay, when is it gonna end?\u201d Rickert said. \u201cWe\u2019re kinda worn out.\u201d<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Emmy Rickert<\/span>
\n<\/span>Two weeks after her aunt\u2019s death, Rickert felt something on her chest.<\/span>\u201cI was sitting at my desk, playing with my necklace and I noticed the top of my chest felt really bruised,\u201d she told Wood TV8<\/a>. \u201cAnd so I felt a little deeper and noticed a definite lump.\u201d<\/span>\u201cNormally, I would\u2019ve just waited or thought, you know, maybe I bumped something on it.\u201d<\/span>But her aunt\u2019s recent death made her pause.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Emmy Rickert<\/span>
\n<\/span>She immediately called her OBGYN. From there, she underwent an ultrasound and then a core biopsy. A few days later, she got the phone call telling her that she had triple negative breast cancer. She was already stage II<\/a>. She also found out that she carried the BRCA2 gene mutation.<\/span>She underwent a mastectomy. Then she had to begin chemo. But before she did, she saw a fertility specialist and had her eggs frozen.<\/span>\u201cI decided I\u2019m not letting this take being a mother from me \u2014 whether it\u2019s through, eventually, fertility procedures, or adoption, or if God gives me my own babies,\u201d she said.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Emmy Rickert<\/span>
\n<\/span>About a year after she completed chemotherapy, Rickert started dating her college sweetheart<\/a>, Kelly Rickert, again, and they soon got married.<\/span>They wanted to start a family, but knew it would be a long road ahead of them. They expected it to take several years, and they started trying right away.<\/span>Much to their surprise, they conceived naturally.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Emmy Rickert<\/span>Their daughter, Grace, was born. Then, 18 months later, they welcomed Huck; 20 months after that, they had Boone.<\/span>The Rickerts feel incredibly blessed, and don\u2019t take their sweet family for granted.<\/span>\u201cI\u2019m so thankful still when I look at them,\u201d Rickert said. \u201cI tell them that, \u2018Even when you guys are being stinkers, I love you so much!’\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Emmy Rickert<\/span>Rickert has since been a big advocate for looking after your breast health and being aware of your body. In one Facebook post, she wrote<\/a>:<\/span>\u201c#livelikeerin. Remember that it is more than pink. Remember it takes people\u2019s mothers, wives, daughters, aunts, and friends. It takes entire portions of a woman\u2019s body away. Use this as inspiration to begin self breast examinations at 18. Use this as inspiration to remind your loved ones to be screened. October is one month. Just one of 12 in which many will die from metastatic breast cancer. Use this as inspiration to do research on how you can help.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Emmy Rickert<\/span>In April of 2017, Rickert found out that Susan G. Komen had named her their Survivor of the Year, and she was floored. She realized her battle with breast cancer and all the blessings she\u2019d received since were just part of God\u2019s plan.<\/span>In another Facebook post, she wrote<\/a>:<\/span>\u201cYesterday, I received news that has humbled me to the highest degree. Susan G. Komen Michigan has named me their Survivor of the Year. When diagnosed with cancer, I asked God why. How could this possibly be the right plan for my life? I could find no reason, no answer besides Him needing me to be a bright light for others. I know now that His plan and path for my life is more splendid than I could have ever imagined. The tapestry He has woven for me is something that humbles me every day. To God be the Glory. And cancer, I will ALWAYS fight back because being a Survivor is a never ending quest. In it to end it!\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Emmy Rickert<\/span>It\u2019s been more than six years since her diagnosis, and Rickert is still cancer-free.<\/span>Eventually, she plans to get an oopherectomy<\/a>, since she has a 40% chance of developing ovarian cancer as well.<\/span>We are so glad that she was able to have the children she dreamed of, and that she\u2019s happy and healthy!<\/span>Learn more in this video.<\/span>Proper BCS greatergood_ctg_abovevideo<\/span><\/span>Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Emmy Rickert was only 24 years old when she was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, a very aggressive form of the disease.Her biggest fear wasn\u2019t the cancer, though \u2014 it was that she wouldn\u2019t be able to start a family. She was young and had her whole life ahead of her. She wasn\u2019t even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44419,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13532\/revisions\/44419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}