Last year in march I had felt a lump under my breast didnt think much about it until I started feeling some pain. Went to the er the doctor said go get a mammogram take tylenol for pain. Well nobody told me in order to get a mammogram you have to have a referral thought the doctor would know that. The pain started getting worse went to the er again they said we gone get you an appointment with the surgeons office. Couple of days later went there saw a surgeon they sent me to the breast center at this one hospital. By this time its November now. Go there the doctor played around with my breast then said oh its nothing its all in your head. Note all he did was an ultrasound. So I said it must not be nothing but then the pain got worse it was unbearable. Went to the er at a different hospital this time and this was may of this year 2013. The doctor gave me a referral to there breast center got seen did a mammogram and ultrasound it showed nothing. Next did a biopsy on May 30th I was told that it was stage 2 cancer in situ. Had a lumpectomy on July 1st. Results came back that I would need a mastectomy on August 28th got a bilateral mastectomy. Since that day I am cancer free at the age of 28. Still trying to understand a lot but hopefully one day I will.

Monica
Columbia, SC