I have had breast cancer 3 times and skin cancer twice. Ten years ago I had a lumpectomy followed by four massive doses of chemo. I lost my hair (the only thing good about that was that, when the hair grew back, I got to try a lot of new and different hair styles). These chemo treatments were followed by 45 weekly radiation treatments which made me tired, but not sick like the chemo did. The first time I was diagnosed I went through the "why me God, what did I do?" and turned away from my God and my religion. As a result, I went into a deep depression which ended my 32 year marriage and hospitalized me several times. Two days short of 7 years later, I had a skin cancer on my nose that needed to be surgically removed by a plastic surgeon. During my pre-surgery physical, during the mammogram, they discovered a spot in my left breast that needed to be removed. I decided on a complete double mastectomy with reconstruction. Three weeks later I had a 14-1/2 hour mastectomy surgery followed by 11 days in the hospital at which time my Dr. informed me that during the tissue review following my surgery, they found cancer in my right breast that hadn't been detected in the mammogram and it was fast growing and, therefore, I would need 6 months of weekly chemotherapy ( I had to take 7 months off work as the weekly chemo really took the wind out of my sails) (my Oncologist told me they couldn't give me the same chemo medication as that particular chemo injection medicine can only be used for one series of chemo.) This round of chemo, I had a portal put in my chest as my veins were getting hard to find. I am so glad I had the portal put in and would highly recommend it to anyone going through months of chemotherapy. Following the second series of chemo treatments, I did a lot of research as I was experiencing memory loss and trouble concentrating and focusing and discovered several research projects done on something called Chemo Brain which explains a lot of the side effects. After 7 months off, I returned to work (I had worked at BryanLGH here in Lincoln for 27 years) and was just getting back into the swing of things when I had a hernia on my abdominal incision from the mastectomy that would require surgery. Following the hernia surgery, the pain pills and other medication they gave me had a negative reaction to medication I was on for the breast cancer and depression resulting in me not being able to return to work. I had to have a pre-surgery physical prior to the hernia surgery and during that physical, a spot was found on my head that my plastic surgeon thought looked suspicious and needed to be removed. I apparently had had the spot on my head for quite a long time as when they did the surgery, the spot had "fingered out" and resulted in an 8-1/2" incision on my head that goes from my hairline to the crown of my head. I didn't have to have chemo following this surgery. Since my second and remaining cancer diagnosis and treatments, I have committed my life to God and walk in his light. It is amazing what God can do when you put your faith in him and trust that he is in charge. I'm sure this is more information than you probably wanted, but I feel that after going through this experience, I have so much to share with those who are currently going through the same experience. It is always wonderful to hear from others who are experiencing somewhat the same cancer experience. Others, who have never experienced Cancer, chemo and/or radiation, try to help, but it's someone like yourself who is experiencing Cancer and treatment, that have an inner knowledge of what others are going through, it seems as if we are all in a large family fighting against this awful disease. Keep Up The Fight !! GOD BLESS .