{"id":26213,"date":"2020-07-20T13:43:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T13:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=318616"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:16:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:16:22","slug":"my-first-thought-was-my-children-young-mom-diagnosed-with-triple-negative-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/my-first-thought-was-my-children-young-mom-diagnosed-with-triple-negative-breast-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMy First Thought Was My Children:\u201d Young Mom Diagnosed With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cara Sapida is only in her 30s, but she\u2019s facing a breast cancer diagnosis. When the TV news reporter for WPXI<\/a> in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, found a lump in her breast, she was immediately concerned.<\/span>\u201cLike many of you, I experienced this pandemic while going through some hardships, in my personal life as well as with my health,\u201d she wrote in an Instagram<\/a> post. \u201cI was reaching overhead last Thursday morning, when I found a lump on my breast.\u201d<\/span>Like many mothers facing a tough situation, her mind flew to her children.<\/span>\u201cMy first thought was my children. I have a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old who need their mommy.\u201d<\/span><\/span>Photo: Instagram\/Cara Sapida<\/a><\/span>Sapida went through an ultrasound and a mammogram, then a biopsy and a second mammogram, and then she waited for the news.<\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s a phone call I wouldn\u2019t wish on anyone,\u201d she wrote<\/a>.<\/span>She was diagnosed with triple negative DCIS with suspicion of micro-invasion \u2014 meaning a few cancer cells may have already escaped the boundaries of her milk ducts but even so, her cancer is still considered minimally invasive.<\/span><\/span>Photo: Facebook\/WPXI Cara Sapida<\/a><\/span>Even though she is under the recommended age for screening (40), Sapida had actually had a mammogram done several months earlier. It had come back clear.<\/span>In the span of a few short months, a two-centimeter large tumor was able to grow in her breast.<\/span><\/span>Photo: Facebook\/WPXI Cara Sapida<\/span>It\u2019s still early in her diagnosis. One day Sapida said she was feeling strong and \u201call cried out,\u201d but in a later social media post she admitted she doesn\u2019t feel \u201cthat strong<\/a>\u201d most days.<\/span>Still, she\u2019s ready to throw everything she has at the disease.<\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s been three weeks since my biopsy came back confirmed as triple negative breast cancer. That day I read online if you have to have chemo you better be \u2018fighting ready,’\u201d she wrote<\/a> in a post. \u201cI took that advice to heart. I\u2019ve been boxing nearly every day, imagining I\u2019m punching this stupid disease in its stupid face. Things I say to my cancer I\u2019m punching, \u2018You\u2019re the most aggressive? I\u2019M THE MOST AGGRESSIVE!\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/span>Photo: Facebook\/WPXI Cara Sapida<\/span>At this point, her children only know that their mom has an owie.<\/span>\u201cWhile my children don\u2019t know about the breast cancer, they do know to be careful because of my biopsy bruise,\u201d she wrote<\/a>. \u201cWhen we said prayers to God the other night, my son prayed for his elves to \u201cheal mommies boo-boo on her booby before the morning.\u201d<\/span><\/span>Photo: Instagram\/Cara Sapida<\/span>Once every week or so, Sapida updates her social media with how she\u2019s coping. She\u2019s been careful about how she spends her time, though. She\u2019s been turning her phone off<\/a> on days that she doesn\u2019t have tests so that she can fully focus on being with her family.<\/span>\u201cThere\u2019s a popular saying in the breast cancer world, \u2018Fight like a girl.\u2019 But I\u2019m going to fight like a mother,\u201d she said<\/a>.<\/span><\/span>Photo: Instagram\/Cara Sapida<\/span>We\u2019re hoping for the best for Sapida, as well as for every person diagnosed with breast cancer. We\u2019re in your corner.<\/span> <\/p>\n

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Cara Sapida is only in her 30s, but she\u2019s facing a breast cancer diagnosis. When the TV news reporter for WPXI in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, found a lump in her breast, she was immediately concerned.\u201cLike many of you, I experienced this pandemic while going through some hardships, in my personal life as well as with my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26213","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\/26213","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=26213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44221,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26213\/revisions\/44221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}