Dr. Tom-meka Archinard

Dr. Tom-meka Archinard Dr Tom-meka Archinard, MD FACEP
Breast Cancer Survivor
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer I chalked these things up to stress.

As a physician I was moving up the ladder of my medical career. I was recently promoted to Regional Director of Pegasus Emergency Group. I travelled throughout New York and Louisiana building and managing emergency departments. I was starting a new job as Emergency Department Medical Director at Decatur and Parkway Hospitals within the Huntsville Hospital system. Never in a million years would I h

ave thought I'd be bald with no breasts carrying around my own medical folder. For so long I ignored the signs, I felt tired, had difficulty sleeping, nightmares of my children being left alone. There was a mass in my right breast. Fear and denial made it easy for me to “not find the time” to have it checked. There was always work and motherhood that took priority. I kept checking my life insurance and checking the safe. But I will never forget the last straw, my 18 month old son ran up to me while I was sitting on the sofa and in trying to climb up he grabbed my breast. I let out the loudest painful scream. My son curled up on the floor by the sofa and tried to keep from crying, he was scared. I knew then that "thing" I felt, was real, and a real problem. It was time to tackle my fear and deal with what I now know is cancer. I am 3 weeks out from my final chemo and I am a survivor! However, this journey was one I will never forget. When I walked away from the Cancer Center, I felt like a new woman. Being healthy is something I will never take for granted again. Surviving doesn't mean the fight is over! The road is clear and the sky is the limit!

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08/02/2019

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05/04/2019

Walking into the next chapter of my life Tommeka Archinard Kyyeetha Archinard Physician Executive MBA /Green Belt

08/20/2017

So proud of my girl

My family and friends have come together to help the schools in ALABAMA feed children over the weekends. Nutrition is ke...
08/11/2017

My family and friends have come together to help the schools in ALABAMA feed children over the weekends. Nutrition is key to a healthy life. Please help us feed as many children as possible. Any amount will help. The school season is upon us and we are looking to get started. CLEAN FOOD is what we serve. If I wouldn't give it to my own kids, we are not serving it! Thank you for your help. Please share

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Hello! We are a group of friends working together to feed Alabama's children. We will be working with Birmingham and Decatur schools to help children eat Friday night to Sunday. This is about paying it forward, showing our community that they are not forgotten. We are in need of funding to provid...

Awesome day!
07/30/2017

Awesome day!

I absolutely love giving my time to amazing young people who are serious about becoming physicians. My doors are always ...
07/30/2017

I absolutely love giving my time to amazing young people who are serious about becoming physicians. My doors are always open! I am looking forward to watching this young lady grow and become the successful physician she wants to be. This is just the beginning. My mentoring program will create valuable life long connections.

So thankful to have been given this opportunity and I am looking forward to continuing to educate the future. I want to ...
12/16/2016

So thankful to have been given this opportunity and I am looking forward to continuing to educate the future. I want to thank my team for being instrumental in the success of this program ( John Hardisty and Wes Johnson)

12/13/2016

Well, it's official...Auburn University Executive MBA here I come!! I'm so blessed to have the support of my family, going back to school is not going to be easy, but they are behind me 100% .

11/24/2016

When ever you are dealing with a serious illness or a injury that could possibly change your life path....it's not just your body that has to heal, your mind and spirit needs time to heal as well....Think about it....if you were able to walk yesterday but today you're in a wheelchair, how would you feel? How would you feel waking up without breast?....How would you feel waking up without hair?.....Some emotional healing must take place. Please take time to heal....inside and out

10/25/2016

I am working on a mentoring program for high school students who are seriously interested in becoming a medical doctor. We are in desperate need of GOOD doctors

10/19/2016

In this day and time where body image is everything, my biggest regret during this journey is not sharing my scars with my oldest daughter....
Everywhere we look and everything we listen to is constantly telling young women what beauty is and what a woman should look like...losing your hair, having your breast removed and your ovaries taken out can destroy a woman's self-esteem...Learning to be this new me was tough...but you know what, THIS right here right now Is 100% me, no smoke in mirrors, no fluff, no distractions....Just me.
My scars may be ugly and permanent, but those scars remind me that Im strong, Im a fighter and that Im alive! I went from needing my hair to be perfect to having to put sunblock on my head. But leaving for work bald, no hat, no scarf, made me feel more powerful than I've ever felt in my life. My scars also remind me of my family because I did all this for them.
I found out that being a woman is so much more than the physical and real beauty can't be defined

Feeling so blessed. Please stay encouraged and keep the faith http://whnt.com/2016/10/17/decatur-doctor-talks-about-he...
10/18/2016

Feeling so blessed. Please stay encouraged and keep the faith
http://whnt.com/2016/10/17/decatur-doctor-talks-about-her-own-health-scare-encourages-women-to-stop-and-listen-to-their-bodies/

In our weekly Health Matters series, you've been hearing about how Greg Screws and Jerry Hayes are getting healthy.  But this segment isn't about them. Dr. Tom-meka Archinard treated Greg when he went to the emergency room for blood clot treatment.  Little did he know, she had a health scare of her…

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