I was living with my Aunt Louisa who was a second Mom to me. My family gave me a 30th Birthday Party early and I had received many gift cards. On a Monday night I went shopping with my Aunt Louisa. We went to Lane Bryant. I went in the dressing room to try on bras and looked down and saw a spot of blood coming from my nipple. I called my Aunt Louisa in the dressing room she said get dressed I am going to call the Doctor. I went to the Doctor he did not feel any lumps or anything but recommended I go for a Mammography . On my actual 30th Birthday I went for my first Mammogram . I knew deep down inside something was wrong. They told me the Doctor would get the results so I went home. I went home and later on after we had my birthday cake my sister and Aunt told me that the Doctor had called and I needed to go to a Breast Surgeon for a Biopsy. On February 16, 1996 I had my Surgical Biopsy and was in recovery when the Doctor told me and my family that I had Breast Cancer and that I would have to have a Mastectomy. After many opinions I had a Modified Radical Mastectomy with Reconstruction of a Saline implant. 1996 was the worst year of my life. I thought I was going to die and never get married and have a future. Well in 2002 I started dating a wonderful man who did not care that I had Breast Cancer and we feel in love and got married in October 2005. In life you have your ups and downs but we can and must never give up. Always look at the bright side of things. We are fighters and Survivors. We wanted to have a Baby so I did treatments and after doing the treatments they discovered that I had pre-cancer of the uterus and I had to have a hysterectomy. Thank God again that it was pre-cancer. .

Theresa Frank
LINDENHURST, NY