p|Stephanie is a registered nurse with close to 40 years of clinical practice and secondary teaching experience. Her experience has included pediatric and adult critical care, working in level one trauma centers and critical access hospitals. The last 15 years of nursing she has worked in hospice, end of life, care.
Stephanie is a registered nurse with close to 40 years of clinical practice and secondary teaching experience. Her experience has included pediatric and adult critical care, working in level one trauma centers and critical access hospitals. The last 15 years of nursing she has worked in hospice, end of life, care. She is married and lives in Tarboro, North Carolina, with husband John and rescue dog Sammy. They have three adult children and six grandchildren.
But December 2014 was busy, I guess. I don’t remember why I didn’t go for my mammogram, but I didn’t get one until June 2015. By that Thursday, though, I’d noticed new imaging requests in my patient portal but no one could tell me why they were ordered. My husband helped calm me down and we found a different provider. I’d have to wait another month for the lumpectomy — but that was fine with me. During that time, I had the other tests that were ordered, including a PET scan. That scan showed the cancer had spread to the bone.
I continued working as much as I could through chemo but it was tough. I felt weak. I couldn’t even drive to work — my husband had to drive me. But I put on my bandana and pushed forward. In 2016, I got the best news: My scans showed no evidence of disease. I spent the next seven days looking for financial resources that could help me pay for my medical treatments. I applied for disability — and got it — but it wouldn’t kick in for five months.that offered funding and resources for people with metastatic breast cancer. They were hosting an annual conference in Philadelphia, and I decided to go.
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