February 14th, 2013 ..... The doctor comes in after mammogram and ultrasound and coldly tells me ... You have a Tumor ... I am pretty sure you have cancer ...... Of all the emotions I have ever experienced, I didn't think I could go on after hearing this one. A few weeks before that whirlwind day I felt a large lump on my left breast ....never felt it before ... And guess what .... Never had a mammogram before ... There was no history of breast cancer in my family ... I was 54 !!!! There does not have to have a history of breast cancer when it is Her2 positive ladies !!!! A year of chemo, Herceptin and an amazing Oncologist and Surgeon and Nurses ... I got through all of it .. The what ifs the no hair the pain the sickness ..... After the surgery the now cancerous tumor was gone ... No cancer in lymph nodes or dcis!!! Was stage 2 when started ...I found out during that year about what's important ... What's not ... Who my friends and family really are ... It has made a tremendous difference on how I live my life now . Ladies .... Medicine and treatments are so different now ... Always get your mammograms it will save your life ... God saved me and gave me another chance ... I will always have this monkey on my back ... What if t comes back... But for now My life has taken on a new meaning !
M.MRaynham, MA