Cassie’s Story

Site created on June 26, 2018


Hi everyone. Im writing this to inform everyone what is going on with me and why I have this Caring Bridge site. A Couple months ago, I found a lump in my right breast, and didn't think to much of it. At the time it felt more like a bruise to me than a lump. After a week or so of it not going away, we decided I should probably go to Sandford in downtown Fargo and get it checked out. I went in for a  exam on Thursday morning May 31st, 2018 to Edith Sanford Breast Center. The Dr’s did a examine and ultrasound and confirmed there was a lump in the right breast and advised me that they should do a biopsy that afternoon.  I started the biopsy's at around 2pm that afternoon and did not get out of surgery until almost 5:30. They found 3 lumps in my right breast and had to take 3 different biopsy's. I got a phone call on Tuesday, June 5th with my results.  This was a very hard phone call to take, they took 3 biospys and 2 of them came back cancerous and my lymphnodes were not cancerous at this time. They told me that I have "Invasive Ductal Carsinoma" Breast cancer, Stage 2B grade 3 of the right breast. Since my initial diagnosis, I have had numerous Dr visits. Everything from meeting my oncology dr, to my surgeon, to my radialoigist,to my nurse coordinator and other people in-between. I will say that all these doctors and nurses have been very easy to work with, they are very caring and understanding and have a ton of confidence that I'm going to KICK THIS CANCERS ASS!!!!!! We made a tenative game plan on what to do as far as surgery first & chemo 2nd, or Chemo 1st and surgery second. This was all dependent on the genetic testing I had to do because of my family's history with cancer and how it has affected us. So our plan was to do chemotherapy first and then do a lumpectomy. That all changed when we got the genetic testing results back, which I tested positive for the BRCA1 gene, So our game plan is now to continue with chemo-therapy treatments 8 of them every 2 weeks and then have a surgery to follow. After everything and all the appts I have been through, I will be starting my chemo-therapy on Wed July, 11th 2018.  There are some people that are helping me out and have planned a fundraiser and benefit for me. The first one is a golf tournament on Friday, July 27th at Village Green in Moorhead, MN. The silent auction and dinner will be Saturday, July 28th.  I will try and keep my caring bridge updated as much as possible with the help of Chris on days I might not feel up to it.  I would like to thank everyone for all the thoughts, prayers, words of encouragement and motivation. This will not be easy, but my support system I have around me will keep me going, make sure I am always ok and they will always encourage me to KICK THIS CANCERS ASS!!!

Newest Update

Post chemo update!!!

Journal entry by Cassie Kraft —

Hi everyone!! Sorry this took so long But I want you all to know how I’ve been doing, I made it through chemo “Yay”. Chemo was not easy I had my good days I had my ok days I had my bad days and I had really bad days it definitely got the best of me at times but I survived and that’s what matters and I hope to never have to go through it again🙏. My last day was October 17th what a beautiful day that was.I had a amazing day that day I felt like I was VIP I had a huge room in the brand new infusion center I had a big bed.I got to get Reiki done on me that day by Andrea she has amazing energy.When she was all done she shared with me that she was seeing two angels standing over me holding me up when she said that I knew exactly who she was seeing it was my Mom and Zach and then she hugged me,it was like my mom was hugging me it was a beautiful amazing moment. After that I finished up my chemo and it was time to do one more thing,all the nurses gathered with Me,Chris and krista and watched me ring the bell 🔔 what a amazing feeling it was,you never know until that’s you ringing it!!! I had a MRI last Tuesday and I got a call from my Doctor on Thursday they wanted to let me know that my scan came back and loooked really good so good that he wasn’t seeing anything it was clear I couldn’t believe what I was hearing it was the best news ever I was so so happy I couldn’t wait to tell everyone!! I will still be having surgery since I have the BRCA1 gene and I am at 80% risk of it coming back,once I have my double mastectomy and hysterectomy it will bring me down to a 10% chance of reoccurrence. I will be having surgery November 26th. I am doing a class at Roger Maris prepare for surgery it is Spose to help me heal faster body and mind I’m really enjoying it. So for now I’m enjoying my time with my boys and my family and loving life and of course watching Hockey😊. I will update again after my surgery to let you all know How everything is going. Thank you for all the prayers and continued prayers and support means the world to me and my family.💗💗💗💗💗💗
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