Kimberly’s Story

Site created on December 17, 2020

Welcome to our CaringBridge website. I have a hard time posting about my health on Facebook.  I don't know why, but I try to keep things as positive as possible, and sometimes my health and the treatment is not positive.  I will be updating more about my condition and how things are going with my care here. If you think about me, send me a text!  I appreciate knowing I am in your thoughts and prayers and that you are checking on me!  Much love to you all.


Cancer History & Diagnoses
December 2020 - Diagnoses with Stage III triple negative ductal carcinoma of the left breast.  Basically, "triple negative" is the type of cancer, "ductal carcinoma" means breast cancer, and stage III was because of the size and rapid growth rate of 90%. Triple negative is very aggressive and mine was very aggressive.


June 2021 - I had surgery to remove the tumor bed. All was removed and I was diagnosed as cancer free!  I had radiation on the left side until October 2021.  


I continued having my normal check-ups and follow-ups.


In August 2022, I had a routine CT Scan of lungs.  They found more nodules than the last time I had a CT Scan.  Therefore we scheduled a repeat scan for 3 months out.


November 2022, the nodules had grown significantly and there were more new ones.  Therefore we scheduled a biopsy for early December.


December 13, 2022, I was told I have cancer again.  It's still triple negative, and because it spread to my lungs is considered Stage IV Metatstatic Breast Cancer.  It's no longer in my breast but that's where it originated from and therefore will be considered breast cancer from this point forward.


There's no cure.  There's only HOPE!  Hope that the chemo will keep shrinking it or stopping it from growing.


To keep it completely 100 here, the prognosis is that the chemo will work for awhile and then the cancer will become immune to it and we will have to change types of chemo.  There's not many types of chemo for my type of cancer.  Therefore, there is no end in sight for the chemo.  There might be a break at some point, but for now we're going to go as long as we can until I cannot tolerate the chemo any longer.


Present Day
I was very sad for a few weeks, and then God filled me with hope.  NO ONE on this planet is guaranteed tomorrow.  I will choose to go out on my terms, and that's fighting and with positivity and praising my Lord and Savior for never leaving me and always giving me encouragement every day.  It doesn't mean I don't have bad days, because I do, but I wake up every day and hear the birds chirping.  I used to sometimes get annoyed at a chirping bird by my bedroom window, but now, when I hear the birds I feel joy, I feel uplifted and I feel God's presence giving me another day to hear the birds.  I know that's weird and maybe a little kooky, but I appreciate every day I'm given.  I have been spending more time with friends and family and enjoying life.  Thank you for praying for me. Thank you for gifting me anything (flowers, money, cards, gift cards, text messages, phone calls, etc.)!  


Most of all, thank you for loving me or my family no matter how you know us.  Thank You & God Bless You!  

Newest Update

Journal entry by Kimberly Guzman

Hello all, this is Kaelynn Guzman, Kimberly's eldest daughter, writing on the behalf of my mom to update you all. Since our family came back from Puerto Rico on December 30th, my mom had been complaining about having back pain, leg pain and a major headache. After several tests, on January 25th it came back that her cancer had spread to the brain. No one anticipated how fast our world would come to a halt after this news. Not even a week went by when on January 31st she experienced her first symptom of the brain cancer. She started hallucinating and having short term memory loss. This quickly turned into her losing the ability to walk, talk, and eat properly. On February 5th she was committed to Memorial Hermann where she stayed for two weeks. To put it simply, this period was hell. She experienced a lot of confusion and frustration due to her not being able to communicate clearly. She was in alot of pain and unable to sleep. Each day her mental state was declining, and although there was glimmers of hope as she would gain some strength and clarity at times there was still no certainty of what would happen next. On February 18th she was finally transferred to her hospital, MD Anderson, where she is currently still receiving treatment as of February 22nd. She has been moved to the palliative floor where they are making her as comfortable as she can be. At this point in time she is unresponsive and resting. The doctors have informed us that her time on earth is coming close to the end. 

As you can imagine, this is still all very hard for the family to process. Everything has happened so fast. On behalf of the family, we appreciate everyone who has reached out, prayed, visited and supported my mother and us. Please feel free to reach out to Kaelynn Guzman, Daniel Lydick or Mary Green if you have any questions or concerns or would like to send your regards. 

Thank you again to everyone. 

Love you mom. 
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