Welcome to My World!

Trisha Clinton

Tell the world who you are!

I’m proud to say that I am a wife, mother, and grandmother or Mimi as my grandchildren like to call me. I am also a proud 46-year-old Breast Cancer Survivor. If someone had told me that this would be my story, I would have told them to stop with the lies.

How did you learn about your breast cancer diagnoses? How did you respond?

I routinely get mammograms, so this one was no different. But then they told me I needed to get a biopsy, I spent three hours of my Thursday afternoon receiving one so they could collect four spots they saw in my left breast. I waited all weekend until they called me in on a Tuesday to receive the results. My husband of 21 years, Jeff, and I waited in this tiny room until they ultimately told us I had breast cancer. Once they told us the results, they were throwing all the survival rates and other information so fast that I couldn’t process it all. I asked them if I could leave and talk about everything another time. Although my husband was there with me, sometimes a girl just really wants her mother.

What type of treatment did you receive?

While talking to my oncologist, he suggested that we remove my left breast. However, after consulting with my primary care physician and my plastic surgeon, I decided to have a double mastectomy, just to lower the chances of the cancer coming back.

Hubby and me!

Comical experience that made you smile during your journey?

It just so happened that while I had a cane during my recovery, my husband was also using one due to a knee injury. We were sitting on opposite sides of the couch and we would kiss by touching canes. It was funny and sweet at the same time.

Who/what has been the biggest inspiration during your journey?

My faith in God and knowing that everything is a part of His plan pushed me through. The outpouring love and support I received from not only my family and friends, but my co-workers as well helped inspire me to press forward.

Advice or encouragement you would like to share with the breast cancer community.

Get your regular mammograms, they saved my life. Had I not, the outcome may have been different. I had no prior indications that breast cancer was a possibility and I was the first person in my family to be diagnosed. Hold onto your faith and press forward; surround yourself in love and support; if you need someone to be your cheerleader, you can call me.

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Trisha