Nurse Kristi Halpin (33) sa shared the devastating moment doctors diagnosed her with terminal breast cancer. Although she felt unusual symptoms, she did not consider them to be anything dangerous because a mammogram showed no signs of disease. , a woman tries to fight and save her life.
Kristi from New Jersey, USA started noticing strange symptoms in 2023. These included back pain, fatigue, unexpected weight loss and random bruising. Since she recently became a mother, her problems she attributed it to excessive exhaustion from sleepless nights and the chaos of life with a newborn.
However, a few months later, her back pain became unbearable. According to her, she was so strong that at one point she collapsed on the bathroom floor, unable to get back to her feet. Then Kristi she found that something was wrong with her.
An incurable cancer
Young mother in October 2023 she visited the emergency room, where doctors performed blood tests. These revealed certain abnormalities, due to which experts suspected that he had problems with his gallbladder. Around that time you Kristi she noticed a strange change in her nipple, feeling a lump forming under it. She therefore went for a mammogram, which ultimately showed no problems.
Kristi was not convinced by such a result. “I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong,” she said, adding that she sought out a surgeon who performed a breast biopsy. A few days later, the mother received the devastating news. Namely, the results they showed that she had breast cancer that had already spread to her spine, ribs and lungs. “I felt like time stopped. It was like I disappeared for a few moments,” she revealed.
Doctors Kristi they recommended chemotherapy and radiotherapy to shrink the tumors and stop them from spreading further. Although treatment helps to keep the disease under control, her they still classified the cancer as incurable. Despite his diagnosis, he is A 33-year-old woman determined to fight for her life. “I try to focus on the positives,” she concluded.
