I was told by a cancer specialist when I was 21 years of age that someday I would have cancer because of my lumpy breasts. Beginning at about age 40, I had numerous lumpectomies, (most of them in my right breast) which I had found through self breast exams. None of them were cancerous. However, by the time I was age 59, a lump was found in my right breast in a mammogram exam that turned out to be cancerous. Due to my past history I decided to have a mastectomy of my right breast. The cancer had spread to the lymph node closest to my breast, but there was none in the 17 others which the doctor removed. I feel so fortunate because I did not have to take radiation or chemo. I took the drug tomoxafin for 5 years. and to this day, 20 years later, I have not had another lump in my left breast. I owe my survival to God, my doctor, and my own positive attitude. I did not once think I was going to die. In fact, I smiled at the nurses as they moved me from the gurney to my bed, and it nearly blew their minds. They said they had never had anyone smile after coming out of surgery. I feel so blessed.

Wilma
Springfield, MO