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 Lutonya M. Lang on July 9, 2009 at 2:38pm: Wow I will pray for them. Being a mother along is a huge responsiblity then to turn around with that news I pray for them and there families strength; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Debbie Wareham on July 9, 2009 at 2:40pm: God Bless You, I am a Reikii healer and will send you love & light . My prayers are with you ,brave girl!!

Love Light & Laughter

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Permalink Reply by Marie-anne Rouse on July 9, 2009 at 2:44pm: You and the baby are in our prayers. That is a very quick decision. Does this mean it's stage 4 already?

Marie-anne,
Daughter of a Pancreatic Cancer Survivor (no chemo and no radiation); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Larry Ulsh on July 9, 2009 at 4:05pm: Hi Marie-anne,

Just curious -- by what means did your parent overcome the illness?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Team Sta.rtUp.biz on July 9, 2009 at 5:04pm: The doctors are confused. They have clinically diagnosed it as Stage 3 Inflammatory. The pathology that came back from the biopsy did not show invasion. They only have so many options availible to them because of being pregnant. They want to remove the breast so that they can break it apart piece by piece so that they can verify invasion. The doctors said they can not give a pregnant woman chemo without verifying invasion. They are concerned by the rapid growth rate. It went from a red spot on the outside of the breast, to a mass the size of an eraser, to a 6x9cm mass within 3 weeks. During that 3 week period, my OB and breast surgeon thought it was an infection and treated me with antibiotics. After IV antibiotics for four days, they decided to do the biopsy.

That is why I want to try and find some other woman who have had breast cancer while being pregnant. Either way, they told me the breast will have to be removed. If they could confirm invasion, then they would treat with chemo until I give birth. Then they would remove the breast as soon as the baby is delivered.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Clifton A. Brown on July 9, 2009 at 2:44pm: Hello Natalie,

My heart goes out to you. I will do my best from my corner of the world to send you all the positive vibrations through prayers. Stay strong and we love you.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Willem D. Okkerse MBA on July 9, 2009 at 2:45pm: My utmost sympathy; however only your own mirror will tell you the answer in ranking.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Linda Duvall on July 9, 2009 at 2:51pm: You are in my prayers. Please make sure you have looked at ALL of your options before you do what the doctors are telling you. I know of other people who have gone through cancer and have not done chemo, radiation and surgery.

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Permalink Reply by William Downey on July 9, 2009 at 2:53pm: Natalie,
While I have never gone through this - I have survived cancer, I know how difficult it was and can only imagine the additonal stress you will go through. You will recover, the baby will be fine. You have my prayers.
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Permalink Reply by Joseph L. Rosenberg on July 9, 2009 at 2:54pm: Natalie: A google search turned up the Cancer While Pregnant Network. Here is the link.
http://www.pregnantwithcancer.org. My prayers go out to you and your family.
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Permalink Reply by Team Sta.rtUp.biz on July 9, 2009 at 5:06pm: Thanks you for the link. That helps tremendously. With all of the consults that I have had to prepare for the surgery I have not had anytime to search the internet. If anyone else comes across helpful websites, then please list them.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ljiljana on July 9, 2009 at 2:54pm: My Dear Natalie,I'm so sed because of You,but,it's our life,I pray for You and baby...in my country has many woman ,but dont have a money to diagnosed,but and same country hapl with trailer mamograph,and maybe it be better...God bless You, from my herath,Lila.; ▶ Reply to This