essica Hanna and her son, Thomas Solanus. | Jessica Hanna
Posted on 09/06/2022 6:56:37 PM PDT by marshmallow
essica Hanna and her son, Thomas Solanus. | Jessica Hanna
Denver Newsroom, Sep 4, 2022 / 09:00 am Jessica Hanna, a mother of four, was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer when she was 14 weeks pregnant. Several doctors advised her to have an abortion but she declined, choosing life instead.
In an interview with EWTN Pro-Life Weekly on Sept. 1, she described how this pregnancy was very different than her previous three saying, “This was God calling me to something so big.”
Before getting pregnant, Hanna had noticed a dent in her breast. Doctors misdiagnosed it saying it was benign. Two weeks later she found out she was pregnant. At her first OB-GYN appointment she had doctors look at it again. It then became evident she had breast cancer. Initially, doctors thought it was a small, stage 1 tumor. However, after undergoing surgery, she was told the tumor was 13 centimeters, and stage 4 — meaning the cancer likely was terminal.
A passionate pro-life advocate who openly shared her beliefs online and with the people in her life, Hanna explained how her pregnancy pushed her to truly live out her strongly held beliefs.
“It was just a journey of, ‘Wow. Now you’ve talked the talk — the pro-life talk. Now you’ve become the woman everybody uses in their arguments — what if the woman’s life is in danger?” she said. “And now it’s time for me to walk the walk.’”
A devout Catholic, Hanna turned to her faith to help get her through the difficult times. After each chemotherapy treatment she prayed at the tomb of Blessed Father Solanus Casey, a soon-to-be saint whose body is buried in Detroit, her hometown.
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Why is breast cancer terminal? Women live with radical mastectomy. Pancreatic, liver, kidney cancers are terminal coz can’t live without those organs.
Breast cancer may be terminal if it already has spread to other places in the body by the time they catch it.
My 32 year old daughter has been diagnosed with breast cancer. It appears to be a function of the hormone (estrogen) therapy she has taken since puberty, on account of her Turner’s syndrome.
Her oncologist, based solely on scans, diagnosed her as Stage 4 (i.e., the cancer has spread to multiple locations throughout her body). My daughter insisted on a biopsy of the most likely place of spread, to confirm that diagnosis. Her oncologist told her it was a waste of time, and that it would surely show cancer. In fact the biopsy came back clean. Nevertheless, the oncologist still insists she has Stage 4 cancer.
She is having another scan today. She will definitely be seeking out a second opinion. Based on the results of today’s scan, she may be seeking a new oncologist.
Wish she told us which treatment she received that was safe for her baby.
🙏 Prayers for your daughter.
I know a woman who put off chemo and radiation to carry her baby until he could be delivered early by c section.
She died a couple years later.
I get sad when I see misogynistic comments on FR. I know women who have suffered greatly and died for the lives and flourishing of their children. Lumping all women into the ho category is really wrong.
I’ll pray for healing for your daughter.
Great idea to get 2nd and 3rd opinions.
Cancer is extremely lucrative business for doctors and pharma. My wife has stage-4 lung cancer for 4.5 years. Her keytruda treatment was $27,000 every 3 weeks, and her current treatment of some newer drug is $37,000 each treatment.
My wife is Medicare age, has cancer in brain (7 tumors), both lungs, ribs, lymph nodes and one leg. She was diagnosed 4.5 years ago with stage-4. She is a fighter. She endured the horrible chemo side effects for 3+ years and dozen radiation treatments and dozens of keytruda treatments. We enjoyed 6 cruises since her diagnosis. I could not do what she is doing. I would give up after 2 chemo treatments.
She was in all probability terminal. She chose life for her unborn child. The mother will probably die. Her choice for her unborn child gives her life after death. Her child is her and thus she lives on beyond death on this earth and heaven.
In this story and in the comments, you hear so often about doctors being wrong and yet liberals have taught people to have God-like trust in them. Most recently, like sheep, they’ve said the COVID vaccines are safe but they haven’t been safe for many.
Did the first comment on this thread, from a vaxx-pusher, really ask why breast cancer is terminal. It was well answered, but geez.
The woman in the story, sacrificial for her children, so a REAL woman, is so refreshing and heartening. A breath of fresh air. A respite from the lesbians, purple haired freaks, and selfish brats and grannies foaming at the mouth for the ability to kill babies.
“🙏 Prayers for your daughter.”
DITTOS!
A friend’s mother was Dx’d with lung cancer at the age of 77.
She was a heavy smoker. Her Dr. was going to send her to an oncologist to start on a course of treatment.
“Fahgedaboudit!”, she told him, and went home, kept smoking, playing BINGO, and MAHJONG, and she DIED...7 YEARS LATER!!!
NOBODY KNOWS IF THE CANCER WAS EVEN A FACTOR IN HER DEATH!
THE MEDICOS DON’T KNOW ANYWHERE NEAR AS MUCH AS THEY THINK THEY DO...NOR HAVE THEY THE HONEST INTEGRITY OF DRS. ONLY A GENERATION AGO. UNFORTUNATELY, ONE IS WISE TO NOT TRUST THEM.
Because it spreads out through the lymph glands.
Yes of course, once the cancer metastasizes, then it becomes terminal. I was just wondering if localized breast cancer can cause death.
Somewhat similar situation with prostate cancer. It usually is slow growing at remains localized. Old age kills before localized prostate cancer does. But if it metastasizes then it spreads to bones and colon and can become terminal.
The handful here on FR who do that have issues. They need help, but they don’t see that.
I lost my dear sister to breast cancer a year and a half ago. Her courage and grace throughout her battle impressed me. I miss her something awful.
Sending up a prayer for your daughter and will keep doing so.
If it has not gone into the lymph nodes breast cancer is usually curable.
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