{"id":3801,"date":"2019-04-05T18:17:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T18:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=241725"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:14","slug":"new-mom-was-told-a-lump-in-her-breast-was-built-up-milk-now-shes-battling-triple-negative-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/new-mom-was-told-a-lump-in-her-breast-was-built-up-milk-now-shes-battling-triple-negative-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mom Was Told a Lump in Her Breast Was \u201cBuilt-Up Milk.\u201d Now She\u2019s Battling Triple-Negative Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

28-year-old Vicki Keating had just given birth to her second child, a daughter named Rey<\/a>, with her partner, Gavin Flower, shortly before she found a lump in her breast. She scheduled an ultrasound to get it checked out but was assured that it looked like it was just \u201cbuilt-up milk\u201d in her breast.<\/span>Vicki chose to believe the nurses, particularly because she too had assumed from the get-go that it was just a plugged milk duct<\/a>, mastitis, or some other benign lump. But she\u2019s also lucky that she had more tests done just in case. What she thought was a simple issue with milk drainage was actually diagnosed three weeks later as triple-negative breast cancer.<\/span>\u201cI never imagined I\u2019d be diagnosed with cancer at such a young age,\u201d says Vicki.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Vicki Keating<\/a><\/span>Because Vicki\u2019s cancer did not test positive for any of the hormones certain breast cancer\u2019s feed off of, she\u2019s not able to use hormone therapy or other treatments that are sometimes available to women with breast cancer. Chemotherapy and a mastectomy<\/a> were really her only options, and she chose to have them both, starting chemo immediately, even though it was not long before Christmas, and scheduling a double mastectomy for a few months later.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Vicki Keating<\/a><\/span>\u201cDoctors haven\u2019t advised a double mastectomy but I know there\u2019s a chance I could get cancer again in my other breast. I don\u2019t want to take that risk and want them both removed at the same time. I will then undergo surgery at a later date to have them both reconstructed,\u201d Vicki says<\/a>.<\/span>She also had to make decisions about her fertility following cancer treatment. \u201cI was asked if I wanted fertility treatment before my chemotherapy but as I already have two children I decided against it,\u201d she says. \u201cI have to make a full recovery for my kids, Rey and Grayson Rainbow, 11.\u201d<\/span>Luckily, Rey is a healthy 8-month old, and with proper treatment, her mother will likely be around to watch her grow up. \u201cThankfully doctors don\u2019t think it has spread,\u201d says Vicki. \u201cBut they won\u2019t know until I have surgery.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Vicki Keating<\/a><\/span>As she continues on her journey, Vicki is working hard to keep a blog that details her experiences. The Tales of The Triple Negative Boobie<\/a> also helps other women going through the same thing and raises awareness that breast cancer can happen even to young people.<\/span>\u201cIt 100 per cent can happen to anyone. I\u2019ve known from the day I was diagnosed that I didn\u2019t want to be quiet about it,\u201d says Vicki<\/a>. \u201cI want everyone to know that breast cancer does occur in your 20s. Young women need to be aware that they need to check their breasts for lumps and regardless of whether you think it\u2019s related to your pregnancy or not, push for further tests.\u201d<\/span>Remember to do regular monthly self-exams and yearly exams with your doctor, as well as mammograms if you\u2019re of the appropriate age. If you notice any abnormalities or changes about your breasts, don\u2019t hesitate to contact your doctor. It\u2019s much better to do extra precautionary tests than to let breast cancer go undetected!<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Share on Facebook<\/a><\/span>
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28-year-old Vicki Keating had just given birth to her second child, a daughter named Rey, with her partner, Gavin Flower, shortly before she found a lump in her breast. She scheduled an ultrasound to get it checked out but was assured that it looked like it was just \u201cbuilt-up milk\u201d in her breast.Vicki chose to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3801","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\/3801","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=3801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44541,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801\/revisions\/44541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}