Case Study: Rowena Kincaid's Living On Borrowed Time
Living on Borrowed Time She was confined for days on end to either a hospital bed or the oncology unit, instead of going crazy, she started sharing her story with the world… Rowena Kincaid was 33 years old when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in July of 2009. She had been travelling in New Zealand when she felt a lump in her breast. As the lump got more painful, she went to the doctor, who told her not to worry and suggested the lump was caused by fibrous tissue. Fibrous tissue is the common connective tissue of the body, it can be affected by benign changes in the breast tissue that happen in many women at some time in their lives.
(http://www.cancer.org/healthy/findcancerearly/womenshealth/non-cancerousbreastconditions/non-cancerous-breast-conditions-fibrocystic-changes) …show more content…
She then had radiotherapy and finished her treatment by the end of 2009. She quoted after vigorous rounds of treatment, “Your blueprint of yourself just goes. I lost my hair and my eyelashes, I gained weight and I looked like I had cancer. I did not feel desirable. It was a horrible time.” Through hallucinations, hair loss, aching veins, and tired eyes, she kept fighting. She was determined to kick the cancer out of her system, and in 2010 she did, she was finally free! Although she was still worn out from her treatment, she eagerly returned to work and started going out with friends again. At last she was able to enjoy life …show more content…
She went back to the doctor and found out she had three cysts due to the reconstruction. She dismissed it as nothing and carried on with her life. A few months later, she started to notice a pain in her chest but the doctor told her she was pushing herself too hard. Until she was at her friend’s wedding in 2013 where she discovered lumps on her armpits, chest, and neck, it was then that she knew she was in trouble… She was admitted to a breast clinic, where they biopsied her neck and under arm. She was found to have secondary stage four cancer, which had spread to her lymph nodes. Without treatment she would live for between three and six months. She started another six rounds of chemotherapy, which reduced the tumour from the size of a potato to the size of a strawberry, still she wasn’t even expected to make it to her 40th
(http://www.cancer.org/healthy/findcancerearly/womenshealth/non-cancerousbreastconditions/non-cancerous-breast-conditions-fibrocystic-changes) …show more content…
She then had radiotherapy and finished her treatment by the end of 2009. She quoted after vigorous rounds of treatment, “Your blueprint of yourself just goes. I lost my hair and my eyelashes, I gained weight and I looked like I had cancer. I did not feel desirable. It was a horrible time.” Through hallucinations, hair loss, aching veins, and tired eyes, she kept fighting. She was determined to kick the cancer out of her system, and in 2010 she did, she was finally free! Although she was still worn out from her treatment, she eagerly returned to work and started going out with friends again. At last she was able to enjoy life …show more content…
She went back to the doctor and found out she had three cysts due to the reconstruction. She dismissed it as nothing and carried on with her life. A few months later, she started to notice a pain in her chest but the doctor told her she was pushing herself too hard. Until she was at her friend’s wedding in 2013 where she discovered lumps on her armpits, chest, and neck, it was then that she knew she was in trouble… She was admitted to a breast clinic, where they biopsied her neck and under arm. She was found to have secondary stage four cancer, which had spread to her lymph nodes. Without treatment she would live for between three and six months. She started another six rounds of chemotherapy, which reduced the tumour from the size of a potato to the size of a strawberry, still she wasn’t even expected to make it to her 40th