I had been to the doctor in April of 2013 and all was well. In September, I was cutting the grass and cut over a fire ant hill and ended up being bitten by four ants on my ankles. I developed a skin reaction on the right side of my body and what I thought was the fibroid cyst in my left breast. When the skin on my body resumed to normal and the "cyst" did not, I knew I had a problem. I called my imaging center and being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I could not get an appointment until the 29th. Upon viewing my mammogram, Denise turned around and announced to me that she was a Breast Cancer Survivor and I needed an ultrasound. It was done immediately, and Juanita informed me that she also was a survivor. Biopsy was done the next day, results were received Monday, November4. Tumor was 1 1/2cm, by the time I got to surgery it had grown to 3 1/2cm. Triple Negative Breast Cancer. My surgeon was phenomenal! She recommended lumpectomy, followed by chemo and radiation. She got clean margins on removal and by the Grace of God no lymph node involvement! I finished Chemo yesterday, 3/5 and will be moving on to radiation in a few weeks. Stay in tune with your body!

Stephanie Hopson
Atlanta, GA