Looking toward the future
New mother persevered through cancer treatment
“I just happened to feel it — I wasn’t doing a self-examination or trying to feel for it at all,” said Strange, who was only 33 years old at the time. “I was also too young for mammograms so, to be honest, I wasn’t freaking out or anything much at first because your body goes through so many different things when you’re pregnant anyway.”
In fact, at a routine OB-GYN appointment later that day, Strange was told the lump could very well be a result of hormonal changes during pregnancy.
“They said it’s kind of weird but could be normal, and to just keep an eye on it,” she said.
However, at her next appointment a few weeks later, Strange mentioned that the lump had not gone away yet, causing her prenatal care team to swiftly take action.
“Luckily for me, they said that they don’t mess around with a lump and sent me down for a mammogram and ultrasound,” Strange said. “And things went pretty quickly from there.”
Strange soon was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer but, seeing as she was in her third trimester, she was unable to begin treatment until after her daughter was born.
