In 1997 after getting insurance, I made an appointment for an over due well woman visit. When I went for the mamogram I knew something wasn't right by the way the techician was acting.
I waited for the doctor to send me results too long. Then my right breast started hurting and a small of bloody fluid came out. I immediately called the doctor. They didn't know what had happened to my results but immediately started trying to find them. The very next morning I got a phone call saying I needed to see a surgeon right away. The tumor was against my chest wall and could not be felt.They made me an appointment and I was scheduled for a lumpectomy on Friday. The doctors had no explanaion for the pain or blood and couldn't fnd any trace when I went in.
The surgeon wanted me to come to the office the next Monday after surgery and insisted that I have someone drive me. My daughter, sister-in-law and I went to the doctors office the next Monday morning. She told me that I had museounous carcenoma and that if you are going to have breast cancer, that is one of the better one's to treat. She then scheduled my surgery for the lympnode removal which came back negative.
I then went through 6 months of chemotherapy and 6 weeks of radiation.
I have had several scares since then but they have all been benign.
I have to give God all the glory, honor, and praise for the warning and my 12 year survival. I also have to thank all the people who liftted me up in prayer during this time.
Houston, TX