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Jamie comes to us from Arizona, having found us on the internet. We are grateful to Jamie for sharing her all too common story of a delayed diagnosis due to breast density.<\/p>\n

Jamie\u2019s story is a glimpse of what is to come as we will be sharing more stories like Jamie\u2019s over the next year. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

\u2014——<\/p>\n

Mi historia importa<\/p>\n

By Jamie Collins<\/p>\n

Todo el mundo recuerda d\u00f3nde estaba cuando lleg\u00f3 la noticia. Gran parte de mi consternaci\u00f3n se centr\u00f3 en el hecho de que tuve que esperar cinco largos y angustiosos d\u00edas despu\u00e9s de la castigadora biopsia para recibir la llamada telef\u00f3nica.<\/p>\n

Y lleg\u00f3. \"Bueno, es c\u00e1ncer\", me dijo mi m\u00e9dico, d\u00e1ndome la noticia con toda la bravuconer\u00eda de un globo de plomo. Su tono llano sigui\u00f3 zumbando mientras mi mente entraba en un estado de p\u00e1nico te\u00f1ido de un vuelo extracorp\u00f3reo a alg\u00fan lugar de la estratosfera.<\/p>\n

Despu\u00e9s de eso, no escuch\u00e9 el resto de sus palabras. Me qued\u00e9 all\u00ed sentado, aturdido. Dando vueltas en mi interior mientras luchaba cada segundo, por mantener la compostura.<\/p>\n

(\"The Beautiful Warrior's Manifesto-Navigating the Path to Survival\", Warrior Wisdom Essays, Substack, 2024).<\/p>\n

El shock y la confusi\u00f3n me abrumaron. Despu\u00e9s de todo, hab\u00eda sido meticulosa con mi salud y me hab\u00eda sometido a mis mamograf\u00edas anuales sin falta desde que ten\u00eda cuarenta a\u00f1os. Nunca me hab\u00eda saltado ninguna. Y entonces, cuando estaba a punto de cumplir 57 a\u00f1os, me preparaba para la operaci\u00f3n y la prueba m\u00e1s ardua de mi vida.<\/p>\n

La intervenci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica confirm\u00f3 el diagn\u00f3stico cuatro meses despu\u00e9s, con la consiguiente p\u00e9rdida de mi mama izquierda y veintid\u00f3s ganglios linf\u00e1ticos. El tumor de 3 cm extra\u00eddo revelaba una escalofriante realidad: mi c\u00e1ncer llevaba creciendo al menos 4-5 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n

Se trataba de un c\u00e1ncer de mama ductal invasivo en estadio III (RE+, RP+, HER2-, grado 2). El tratamiento de seguimiento incluy\u00f3 un agotador a\u00f1o y medio de quimioterapia y radioterapia.<\/p>\n

No tard\u00e9 en preguntarme c\u00f3mo hab\u00eda podido ocurrir. En mi mente se repet\u00edan los escenarios de al menos dos \"llamadas\" cinco y tres a\u00f1os antes por una anomal\u00eda sospechosa en mi mama izquierda, que s\u00f3lo se calmaron con m\u00e1s mamograf\u00edas, tras lo cual recib\u00ed el visto bueno para reanudar mi vida.<\/p>\n

Conoc\u00eda mi tejido mamario denso desde que ten\u00eda treinta y pocos a\u00f1os y cre\u00eda que mi ginec\u00f3logo anterior y actual hab\u00edan cubierto todos los aspectos de mi tratamiento.<\/p>\n

Pero en lugar de eso, mi m\u00e9dico me recet\u00f3 THS para mis s\u00edntomas premenop\u00e1usicos que llevaba tomando tres a\u00f1os. Yo hab\u00eda cre\u00eddo de todo coraz\u00f3n que ten\u00eda en cuenta mis intereses cuando me examinaba todos los a\u00f1os (incluido un examen manual de las mamas) y me mandaba a casa sin decir ni una palabra ni hablar de mis factores de riesgo espec\u00edficos.<\/p>\n

Con las consecuencias m\u00e1s graves, no mencion\u00f3 la importancia de la enfermedad de mi tejido mamario denso ni expres\u00f3 su preocupaci\u00f3n al respecto. No s\u00f3lo no mencion\u00f3 la disponibilidad de modalidades alternativas, sino que tampoco destac\u00f3 su necesidad para garantizar la certeza de evaluar la salud de mis mamas de la forma m\u00e1s exhaustiva posible.<\/p>\n

Me fall\u00f3 a m\u00ed. Y sigue fallando a todas las mujeres bajo su cuidado y pr\u00e1ctica.<\/p>\n

Este grave error de diagn\u00f3stico es demasiado frecuente. Sin embargo, podr\u00eda reducirse con educaci\u00f3n, recursos y una legislaci\u00f3n que defienda a las mujeres que, como yo, depositamos nuestra confianza en manos equivocadas, en lugar de en las nuestras.<\/p>\n

Las mujeres pueden reducir esta tragedia contando sus historias y animando a otros a ver la necesidad de m\u00e1s transparencia y debates informados que puedan introducir cambios.<\/p>\n

La autodefensa es la forma m\u00e1s segura de permanecer diligentes ante esta enfermedad de r\u00e1pido crecimiento que se lleva a uno de cada ocho de los nuestros. Nuestras madres y hermanas; nuestras hijas y nuestras amigas. M\u00e1s de la mitad de las mujeres de hoy tienen tejido mamario denso: la mitad.<\/p>\n

La apat\u00eda y la avaricia de un sistema m\u00e9dico rapaz que est\u00e1 demasiado contento de arreglarte cuando te rompes, s\u00f3lo se encuentra y se alimenta de esta realidad.<\/p>\n

Y \u00e9sta es quiz\u00e1 la peor tragedia de todas.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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We are grateful to Jamie for sharing her all too common story of a delayed diagnosis due to breast density.<\/p> <p>Jamie\u2019s story is a glimpse of what is to come as we will be sharing more stories like Jamie\u2019s over the next year. Stay tuned!<\/p> <p>\u2014------<\/p> <p>My Story Matters<\/p> <p>By Jamie Collins<\/p> <p>Everyone remembers where he\/she\/they were when the news came. Much of my dismay centered on the fact that I had to wait five long, anguishing days after the punishing biopsy for the phone call.<\/p> <p>It came. \u201cWell, it\u2019s cancer\u201d, my doctor said, delivering the news with all the bravado of a lead balloon. Her level tone droned on as my mind spun into panic mode tinged with an out-of-body flight to somewhere in the stratosphere.<\/p> <p>After that, I did not hear the rest of her words. I just sat there, stunned. Spiraling inside while fighting every second, to keep my composure.<\/p> <p>(\u201cThe Beautiful Warrior\u2019s Manifesto\u2014Navigating the Path to Survival\u201d, Warrior Wisdom Essays, Substack, 2024).<\/p> <p>Shock and confusion overwhelmed me. After all, I had been meticulous with my health and submitted to my annual mammograms without fail since I was forty. I had never missed one. And then, as I was about to approach my 57th birthday, I was preparing for surgery and the most arduous ordeal of my life.<\/p> <p>The surgery confirmed the diagnosis four months later, resulting in the loss of my left breast and twenty-two lymph nodes. The 3 cm tumor extracted told a chilling reality\u2014my cancer had been growing for at least 4-5 years.<\/p> <p>It was stage III (ER+, PR+, HER2-, Grade 2) invasive ductal breast cancer. Follow up treatment included a grueling year and a half of chemotherapy and radiation.<\/p> <p>It did not take long for me to question how could this have happened? My mind reeled with replayed scenarios of at least two \u201ccall backs\u201d five and three years earlier for a suspicious abnormality of my left breast, only to be assuaged with more mammogram imaging after which being given the all-clear to resume my life.<\/p> <p>I had been aware of my dense breast tissue from my early thirties and believed that my former and current OBGYN had all matters covered when treating me.<\/p> <p>But instead, my doctor prescribed HRT for my premenopausal symptoms that I had been taking for three years. I had believed whole-heartedly that she had my best interests in mind when she examined me each year (including a manual breast exam) and sent me on my way without so much as a word or discussion about my unique risk factors.<\/p> <p>With the most severe consequences, she neglected to mention the importance of or voice concern about the disease of my dense breast tissue. Not only did she fail to mention the availability of alternate modalities, but she also neglected to highlight their necessity in ensuring the certainty of assessing my breast health in a way that was as thorough as possible.<\/p> <p>She failed me. And she continues to fail every woman under her care and practice.<\/p> <p>This gross misdiagnosis is all too common. It is one, however, that could be reduced with education, resources, and legislation that will advocate for women who, like me, put their trust in the wrong hands, instead of our own.<\/p> <p>Women can reduce this tragedy by telling their stories and rallying others to see the need for more transparency and informed discussions that can enact change.<\/p> <p>Self-advocacy is the surest way to remain diligent in the face of this fast-growing disease that takes one in eight of our own. Our mothers and sisters; our daughters and our friends. Over half of women today have dense breast tissue\u2014half.<\/p> <p>The apathy and greed of a rapacious medical system that is all too happy to fix you when you break, is only met and fueled by this reality.<\/p> <p>And this perhaps is the worst tragedy of all.<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8871"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9467,"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8871\/revisions\/9467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}