Oct 3, 2013 will be a day I will never forget. It is not only the day that I was sending off my husband for this 3rd deployment but also the day I noticed a divot in my left breast and mass I felt under it. I dropped my husband off to wish him well serving our country at 0300 and went to my PCM at 1500 the same day. My Dr. found two other lumps in the same breast and ensured me that the following test will be done quick and in a hurry. She was right, I had a mammogram the next week and the week after I was having a needle biopsy, the following 8 days were the longest days of my life. I went to work on 28 Oct like any other day. I took a later lunch to avoid the lunch rush at the post office to mail my husband a care package and a few other things. I talked with my husband and told him goodnight as he was heading to bed for the night. I got a call…it was the call that I have been waiting for. My Dr. asked me to come to the office to discuss my results (we agreed to do this either way. I had the weirdest feeling come over me, had a pit in my stomach and a lump in my throat. I sat in the post office parking lot crying. I knew. My Dr. was quick about telling me. No beating around the bush. She wanted me to read the pathology report. As she was handing me my report her eyes welled up with tears. All I saw on the report was carcinoma. It was the only thing that stood out. After the initial shock, my Dr. began to explain my appt for the oncologist was the very next day and things were going start moving quickly to start my fight. I had my bilateral mastectomy on 20 Nov and have started chemo on 19 Dec. Pathology came back as stage 2 inductal carcinoma with clear margins.

Julie Moser
Copperas Cove, TX