My cancer was found totally by accident. It had been on my mind to go get a mamogram done-but didnt.Id gone to my Asthma Dr. for a Asthma problem and mentioned a lump under my arm.(I figured it was just an ingrown hair) He suddenly looks at me and said, when was your last mammogram? Now this Dr didnt do this sort of thing.I had lost my Mom to the diease in 1984.This happened in Aug of 2000. Id gone for mam exams,but not regularly. Id seen what Mom went through,took care of her daily through it all,and just didnt want to face the fear that It could happen to me.But ,do to the unusual reminder from the Dr.,I went for a Mammogram..They found Stage 1 cancer in my left breast.Nothing in the right.To make a long story short,I insisted my surgeon would do both or none, and I would go somewhere else if need be, to get both done.He even brought my family in to see if this was just a knee-jerk re-action.It wasnt.I had decided I was not going to go through this twice.I just KNEW -deep inside me-both HAD to go.Surgery was done on both,and when he came in with the Path reports he looked a little stunned.He HAD found abnormal cells in the rights tissue as well!! That my friends was Divine Intervention ,not once ,but twice! Its now been 10 years this past Aug, and praise God,Im still cancer free.Please-to all the women/families reading these posts,dont ignore or put off your check ups. PLEASE. May God Bless us all.( foot note,the 3 little ones in the picture were born AFTER my surgery.1 is a gr-child; 2 are gr-gr-children;with 2 more greats on the way.) Just look at what I could of missed out on.

Carol Riffle
Ypsilanti, MI