▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁Ke ating ▁experienced ▁breast ▁pain , ▁and ▁her ▁doctor ▁diagn osed ▁her ▁with ▁m ast itis ▁also ▁giving ▁her ▁a ▁pres cription ▁worth ▁of ▁ant ib iot ics ▁while ▁also ▁telling ▁her ▁to ▁come ▁back ▁if ▁the ▁pain ▁pers isted . ▁As ▁she ▁was ▁a ▁suffer er ▁of ▁nos o come ph ob ia , ▁she ▁didn ' t ▁go ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁do ctors ▁even ▁though ▁she ▁was ▁in ▁pain . ▁She ▁discovered ▁a ▁breast ▁l ump , ▁and ▁her ▁doctor ▁immediately ▁sent ▁her ▁to ▁Be aum ont ▁Hospital ▁in ▁the ▁north ▁of ▁Dublin ▁city ▁for ▁a ▁bi ops y , ▁and ▁she ▁was ▁told ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁cancer ▁even ▁before ▁tests ▁were ▁run . ▁Over ▁a ▁year ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁later , ▁on ▁, ▁Marie ▁was ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁P aget ' s ▁disease ▁of ▁the ▁breast ▁which ▁developed ▁into ▁breast ▁cancer ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁detected ▁early ▁enough . ▁Although ▁this ▁was ▁an ▁entire ▁shock ▁to ▁both ▁her ▁and ▁her ▁family , ▁she ▁under w ent ▁a ▁full ▁m aste ct omy ▁the ▁following ▁month , ▁and ▁begun ▁chem other apy ▁treatment . ▁A ▁year ▁later , ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁she ▁was ▁told ▁that ▁the ▁cancer ▁had ▁gone ▁but ▁as ▁she ▁rarely ▁done ▁her ▁exer cis es , ▁she ▁developed ▁l ym ph ed ema ▁in ▁her ▁legs , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁month , ▁she ▁began ▁to ▁witness ▁back ▁pain ▁and ▁she ▁returned ▁to ▁hospital . ▁The ▁doctor