Kate
- Nov 10, 2019
- 7 min
Kate is a CDH1 mutation carrier which greatly increases her risk of breast and gastric cancers. Because of this increased risk, Kate was diagnosed with breast cancer at 32 years old, and chose to have her entire stomach removed at 33 years old to prevent the rare, aggressive, and deadly gastric cancer caused by this gene from progressing. Kate has always expressed herself through writing, but decided to start this blog after her shocking diagnosis in 2018. This blog chronicles her life through it all, and now, in her life after total gastrectomy.
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Kate
- Oct 4, 2019
- 2 min
Stomach Pathology Results Are In
Kate
- Jul 1, 2019
- 4 min
Another day, another symptom...and stomach biopsy results
Kate
- Jun 5, 2019
- 4 min
CDH1: A Year in Review
Kate
- Feb 28, 2019
- 8 min
1-year ago today, My official Cancerversary post
Kate
- Jan 23, 2019
- 3 min
A Rare Genetic Mutation (as published on The Firefly Sisterhood)
Kate
- Jan 1, 2019
- 2 min
Stomach biopsy results
Kate
- Sep 13, 2018
- 4 min
Not the news I was expecting to hear
Kate
- Sep 2, 2018
- 2 min
Surgery went well
Kate
- Aug 3, 2018
- 2 min
"Excellent Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy"
Kate
- May 16, 2018
- 3 min
Genetics shocker- CDH1 pathogenic variant positive
Kate
- Feb 27, 2018
- 3 min
Day 2- Day of Diagnosis
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