{"id":26390,"date":"2020-09-23T21:14:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T21:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=323381"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:16:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:16:17","slug":"mom-gives-birth-and-receives-a-breast-cancer-diagnosis-on-the-same-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/mom-gives-birth-and-receives-a-breast-cancer-diagnosis-on-the-same-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom Gives Birth and Receives a Breast Cancer Diagnosis on the Same Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s likely that Brooke Taylor<\/a> had breast cancer even before she was pregnant with her daughter, Elsie. But in a strange turn of events, Brooke managed to give birth to a baby and be diagnosed with breast cancer on the same day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was during a routine wellness exam that Brooke\u2019s doctor felt a small lump. However, he thought it was nothing to worry about, and so Brooke dropped the subject.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy doctor felt something before I was even pregnant with Elsie, and I know that because it was in my medical records<\/a> that he felt something, but he thought it was no big deal because I was too young for it to be breast cancer,\u201d Brooke says. \u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as too young.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Facebook\/Brooke Taylor \u2013 Rural Gone Urban<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As her pregnancy progressed, however, Brooke began to be more and more concerned about what her doctor had found in her breast. When she was 38 weeks pregnant, she finally demanded that the doctor check on the lump again.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is really scary is, had I not stood up for myself, had I not taken off my shirt in that appointment and said, \u2018I\u2019m not leaving until you feel this,\u2019 I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d be sitting here today,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Facebook\/Brooke Taylor \u2013 Rural Gone Urban<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brooke\u2019s instinct was correct, and on the day of her daughter\u2019s birth, she got the disastrous results of her testing: she had breast cancer<\/a>, fueled by the BRCA1 gene mutation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Facebook\/Brooke Taylor \u2013 Rural Gone Urban<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI remember holding her and just thinking, \u2018Will I be here on her first birthday?\u2019 Like that\u2019s it. I didn\u2019t know. I didn\u2019t know what kind of cancer I had. I didn\u2019t know if it had spread. I didn\u2019t know anything. All I could think about was her first birthday,\u201d Brooke recalls.<\/span><\/p>\n

Later, she would find out that it was triple-negative breast cancer, a very aggressive type of cancer that can be difficult to treat.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Facebook\/Brooke Taylor \u2013 Rural Gone Urban<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brooke has now been through chemotherapy and radiation<\/a> treatment, as well as seven surgeries, including surgeries to remove and reconstruct both of her breasts and to remove her ovaries. She\u2019s been through hot flashes, staph infections, shingles, mouth sores, hair loss, insomnia, neuropathy, and a whole host of other ailments<\/a>. She even dealt with another cancer diagnosis\u2014a small spot of basal-cell carcinoma that should be able to be easily treated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Facebook\/Brooke Taylor \u2013 Rural Gone Urban<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But even with all of that going on, she made it to her daughter\u2019s first birthday. And then she made it past that. Now she\u2019s cancer-free and appreciating all the little moments in life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Facebook\/Brooke Taylor \u2013 Rural Gone Urban<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen the doctor called, he said, \u2018Kiddo, pathology was all clear.\u2019 That is only time I\u2019ve seen my husband cry,’\u201d Brooke says.<\/span><\/p>\n

We wouldn\u2019t wish what Brooke has gone through on anyone, but we\u2019ve got to admit, cancer does a great job of forcing people to appreciate the little things, like a child\u2019s first birthday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what I prayed for. This is an answered prayer to have hard days,\u201d Brooke says. \u201cYeah. This is the good stuff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Elizabeth Nelson is a wordsmith, an alumna of Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, a four-leaf-clover finder, and a grammar connoisseur. She has lived in west Michigan since age four but loves to travel to new (and old) places. In her free time, she. . . wait, what\u2019s free time?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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