>> I was diagnosed in 2014, I was 33 years old, I felt some pain on my right breast.
So I went to my doctor to get it checked.
I went to have a mammogram and they did an ultrasound and I, they found some calcification's
on my left breast.
Ask me to have a biopsy done cause it looked a little abnormal.
Had a biopsy on a Friday and Monday morning they called me to come into the office, because
it was positive for breast cancer.
>> We were just looking at some of those pictures and so you had chemotherapy?
>> I did.
I had eight rounds of chemotherapy, but prior to that I did have surgery, I had a double
mastectomy.
>> A lot to take in for being so young.
>> Yes, it was.
>> You went through the five, you reached the five year mark and you thought everything
was, was good, but it wasn't what you thought it was going to be.
>> Right.
I, starting March of last year I was having some pain in my back.
Went to the doctors to get it checked.
They, you know said it was musculoskeletal, ordered some physical therapy for me.
Went to two sessions of physical therapy and the physical therapist could tell that it
wasn't helping.
And asked my doctors to order some imaging, had a CAT scan and a bone scan that showed
a lesion that was suspicious for metastatic disease.
Ended up having a bone biopsy which proved that it was metastatic.
>> And your reaction?
>> It was, I was frightened, I was scared, I've known, I met a lot of women who have
passed away from metastatic disease, because it is the cancer that kills women.
And then who also get breast cancer, 115 men and women each die of metastatic breast cancer.
>> It's a lot to take in.
You work, you're a mom, you're a wife.
>> Yes.
>> They all help in your journey though.
>> Yes, my husband and my daughter have been my biggest cheerleaders.
My parents and sister and my friends and coworkers have been a huge, you know huge support for
me.
Helped me get through everything so.
>> And talk to us about the very latest, the latest news you've received.
>> So unfortunately I found out recently that the cancer had spread to my liver.
It is a small spot on my liver, it's only one spot.
So it hasn't completely spread throughout, so I, this week actually started on a clinical
trial that will hopefully dissolve the lesion or help treat it and keep it from metastasizing
elsewhere.
>> I was going to say you look great, how do you feel this almost like a chronic disease?
>> It is.
Metastatic breast cancer is a chronic disease, there is no cure.
I have days that I feel great, other days I'm very tired, I have, you know pain in my
bones.
But, you know I just take one, each day at a time and you know go with it.
>> And what's your message, your inspiration to others who are watching?
>> So the biggest message is, we definitely need to find a cure or a, you know way that,
why is this metastasizing?
Why do women have who get breast cancer, have metastatic breast cancer?
Only two to 3% of funds raised through breast cancer research goes towards metastatic disease.
So we definitely need more funding to find a cure or find a solution.
>> And as far as followup for you, how often are you monitored?
>> So I'm going to have to get with this clinical trial that I'm on, blood work once a month
and scans every eight weeks to make sure that everything is still working as it should be
and that nothing has gone to any other spots, or like my brain or anywhere else so.
>> Well Tiffany thank you so much for sharing your story, we wish you the very best, I wish
I could come over there and give you a hug.
Oh my goodness.
>> Thank you.
>> But yeah we do wish you the very best in this journey.
>> Thank you so much.
>> Positive attitude.