A Living Testament of Hope: My Mother’s Journey Through Metastatic Breast Cancer By Dr. M. Naseem Javed • Pediatric Urologist • Date: 29 October 2025 This is a clinical and personal account — written both as a physician and as a son. It records medical decisions, setbacks, and the quiet courage that sustained my mother through metastatic breast cancer. I share this to inform students, support fellow clinicians, and reassure patients and families that science and compassion travel together. Prologue There comes a moment when the roles of healer and family member converge. For me, that moment arrived the day my mother felt a small lump in her breast. As a doctor, I read the scans and pathology reports; as a son, I watched her face and listened to her breaths. This narrative holds both. Clinical Timeline — The Early Course Patient: Female, 66 years. Longstanding osteoarthritis (22 years) and hypertension (17 years)....
Posts
A Journey of Hope: Navigating Metastatic Breast Cancer with Faith and Medicine
A Living Testament of Hope: Reflections on My Mother’s Journey with Metastatic Breast Cancer Date: April 12, 2025 Author: Dr. M. Naseem Javed Today, I take a moment to record a conversation that holds a deep place in my heart. It is not merely a dialogue—it is a reflection of my inner world, my faith, my medical understanding, and the quiet fears I carry as a son watching over his beloved mother. My mother, the center of our universe, has been living with metastatic breast cancer. After an initial diagnosis and treatment with Palbociclib, which gave us hope for stability, we encountered a sudden and disheartening progression after 8 months. The disease spread to her lungs, liver, and cervical lymph nodes. It was such an unexpected change that, for a while, we even considered if this was a new cancer altogether. But the biopsy confirmed the truth: it was still breast cancer, now more defiant in its course. Our oncologist, with wisdom and compassion, ch...
Cancer Chronicles: A Son's Journey with His Mother
History: My 66-year-old mother has been battling osteoarthritis for 22 years and hypertension for 17 years. In May 2022, she noticed a lump in her left breast while sleeping. The lump, located in the upper outer quadrant, was mildly tender. Both a consultant surgeon and an ultrasonologist assessed the lump and deemed it benign, suggesting a trucut biopsy. After undergoing two biopsies that showed no signs of malignancy, the lump seemed to vanish after the second procedure, potentially due to antibiotics and anti-inflammatory treatment. However, it reappeared deeper after a few weeks. A subsequent mammogram revealed concerning features, categorizing it as Berad 4, and also identified enlarged axillary lymph nodes. Consequently, my mother underwent breast-conserving surgery with lymph node dissection (17 July 2022, 54 days after first noticing the lump, with two trucut biopsies performed in these 54 days that had not showed anything). Pathology results of the excision biopsy indicated in...