Diagnosed with Cancer, Am Pregnant and Will Have My Breast Removed in 16 hours

If you know someone who had cancer while being pregnant, or personally went through this please send an email to me at ceo@sup.biz or post a reply here.

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July 12th

Here are some pictures from Before and After:

Looking at Ultrasound pics with Mother-in-law the evening before surgery

Close Up of My Baby's Face in 4D ultrasound the Afternoon Before Surgery

In recovery an hour after closing me up

Getting my Appetite Back in a Big Way the next morning

Leaving MDAnderson to go home

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July 9th

After getting diagnosed yesterday at MDAnderson, I decided I was not going to hide the fact. I am really scared for my life and for the life of my baby. At the same time, I can not help but to worry how people will look at me with only one breast. They are also going to have to remove a large portion of my back. The back skin and the back muscle will be used to cover the hole where my left breast and chest muscle will have used to have been.

The good news for everyone reading this is that I should be back from the hospital by Monday and able to work from my computer out of my bed. I am a strong willed woman and I plan to heal quickly. The other partners of the company met last night and decided to donate a portion of all the profits to breast cancer research. I cried when I saw that they had placed the pink ribbon on the logo today.

My twitter account, that was initially used for updating on Sta.rtUp.biz, is also going to be used for updates on my battle, which I will win. Please take a moment to sign up to follow me on Twitter and tell your friends about it. I would like to share my story every step of the way.

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MDAdnerson has informed me that I will be the 6th pregnant woman in medical history to have a mastectomy. They also told me that there has been less than 100 documented cases of pregnant women with cancer since they started tracking in 1991. I hope that by getting my story out, that I will be able to connect with some of the other 98 or so women that have gone through what I am going through now. This is the only way that I will find answers because the doctors say they can give no answers with so few statistics.

So please share this post with everyone you know. Hopefully, the power of business networking can lead to me finding answers and spreading awareness at the same time. Little did I know that a few weeks ago while watching how Twitter was changing the way we see Iran, that I would be using it to find answers and support in the fight of my life.

My surgery is at 6am Friday morning. I should be able to give a twitter update in the evening or dictate it to a family member to tweet it for me. I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read this and for forwarding this message on to all of your contacts.

If you know someone who had cancer while being pregnant, or personally went through this please send an email to me at ceo@sup.biz or post a reply here.

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Natalie Regoli
CEO, SUp.biz
Future Cancer Survivor and Mom

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Permalink Reply by DERICK POLK on July 10, 2009 at 3:13pm: I wish you a full recovery a healthy pregnancy and a long prosperous life.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Patty Perrin on July 10, 2009 at 4:11pm: We know a woman who had stage 4 cancer, was given months to live and beat it with Reliv products. She recently had a baby. We know others who have gone through breast cancer, one with an agressive form of it and a lemon-sized tumor who also is cancer free today. We'd be happy to get you in contact with them and let you discuss it with them. The products they're taking are safe for pregnant women and babies. In fact, many women use them as their prenatals. You can reach me at 561-748-2102 or 561-719-1293 Eastern time. We wish you the best.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mery White on July 10, 2009 at 5:25pm: Hello, you are in our prayers.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Maria on July 10, 2009 at 7:20pm: Hi Natalie,
I am so sorry to hear this news. I do not know anyone in my family or around me that had cancer while pregnant and had the breast removed. I have my mother's sister who both breasts removed 15 years ago and she is still surviving,
I have lost one cousin to breast cancer at the age of 37, she also left 1 son behind. Another cousin she is 50 year's old and she had chemotherapy and also had one removed and she is in remission. My sister's mother in law is 60 year old and is at the critical phase for breast cancer, she had many treatments for over 10 years battling for this same cause. My father and sister have died to another type of cancer, my father was 65, just retired, went to the hospital to emergency thinking it would be a hernia attack, it was there that they diagnosed him with the stomach and live cancer, he survived 3 months, because it was Metastasis. At the same time during the Christmas season that year, my sister was diagnosed colon and liver cancer, survived 8 months, died at the age of 34 leaving 3 teen son's behind, she had the type, that was Metastasis too. This all occurred in 1994.

I hope you have the opportunity to find a cure for this disease or sickness which ever you want to call it.
Give yourself courage so that you can be strong for your baby. I only hope the doctor's know what they are doing for your case. I worry about the risk of getting operated while pregnant. I hope it can wait until you give birth.
I hope I can give you it is to pray for you and your baby, so that everything will go well and hopeful.

God Bless You! Take Courage !

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Permalink Reply by Dr. Erica Goodstone on July 10, 2009 at 9:12pm: Natalie, I feel honored and blessed to know you as a fellow SUp.biz member. You are certainly one strong and powerful lady, able to place your personal pride aside for the betterment of other people who may be experiencing what you are at this crucial moment in your life. Let me join all the others that have had the good fortune to know you in saying that my prayers and well wishes are with you and your family. What I know about healing, and this has been part of my life's work as a healing practitioner, is that your consciousness is the most powerful asset you have. As much as is humanly possible, surround yourself with positive thinking, supportive people. Take the time to breathe deeply, allow your body to let go of unnecessary tension, and continue to hold a vision of yourself being completely healthy, caring for and giggling with your happy baby, and enjoying doing whatever it is that you enjoy doing with exuberance and vitality. Just continue to hold that vision, no matter what you are currently experiencing. For some reason, unbeknownst to you, you are being tested as a human being without any real control over unknown forces. The only control you really can maintain is control over your own consciousness. Be well and prosper in all aspects of your life. DrErica; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Edward Lee on July 10, 2009 at 9:16pm: Hello Natalie,

I have a lot of Christian friends, I will send out an email to the 100 on my list and have my Church pray for you, I have seen miraculous healing, I will also pray someone who was pregnant and had breast cancer come forward. Natalie has you accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior?

Lord I come to your throne now, and I bring Natalie before you, I pray that you will heal her, you said that if two or three come in your name that you will hear and answer our pray you also said by your stripes we are healed and if many righteous people come in one accord that the pray of the righteous availeth much, In the name of Jesus, Amen.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Randolph Gardner on July 10, 2009 at 9:46pm: Wow, that is deep. My prayers goes out to you & your baby. All though you did not volunteer for this, you were chosen for a reason & part of that reason is for you to get the word out in a forum like this. My prayers go out to you. Stay strong, you are already blessed.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Linda Tygenhof on July 10, 2009 at 10:58pm: Dear Natalie,
I will be praying for God's intervention that he will guide you through this ordeal. I pray He will heal you and your baby.

I am a cancer survivor.

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Permalink Reply by Salma latiff on July 11, 2009 at 4:50am: Dear Friend,

You are a brave girl and I pray that you will be fine.

Take care and all the best to you and your baby.

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Permalink Reply by Abdol Rahim Mirza on July 11, 2009 at 8:27am: Natalie, it is really bad news. However, please check this article, it may help you or at least you can consult them.
http://www.webmd.com/treating-her2-breast-cancer/default.htm?sponso...

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Permalink Reply by Veronica Quarles van Ufford on July 11, 2009 at 8:43am: Dear Natalie,
I just read your above message and my heart goes out to you. By now you will have had your surgery and I pray that you and the baby are OK. Keep us posted as you are in my mind. I wish we could all help you and pull you through and give you a healthy baby.
Take care, get strong and win this battle!
Lots of love & strenght
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