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Pink Edition: Patient talks challenges of chemotherapy

For breast cancer patients, each day has its challenges.

Every three weeks, Butler resident Kelly Kramlich heads to Butler Health System Radiation Oncology for her appointment and begins a cycle.

“For the first two weeks after chemo, I don't get that far away from the bathroom, honestly,” she said. “For probably the four or five days before I get to go back again, I'm the most normal. It's every three weeks because it takes your body that long to recoup before going again.”

Kramlich was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2020, and is being treated with chemotherapy every 21 days.

Read more in Tuesday's Butler Eagle Pink Edition.

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