The day I found out I had Breast Cancer changed my life in many ways. When I sat at the kitchen table & told my Mom, she wanted to cry. Then my Dad came in. I made him sit down so I could tell him also. He listened & this far away look came on his face. The next thing that he said made me sit straight up in my chair. He told me that in 1941 he left college & came home & took care of his Mom, my Grandma Aggie who just had Breast Cancer Surgery. My grandma lived till June 1968. She died on her 45th wedding anniversary. I did not not about my Grandma till 2000. You see I grew up knowing Grandma but not what she had been through. When Dad told me this I looked at mom & asked her if she knew. They had been married over 50yrs at this time. Mom did not know about the Cancer but she did know she had some surgery. With the story of my Grandma, I fought Breast Cancer & won. Every time I wanted to fail I just to Grandma to give me a kick to get me started. If Grandma could do this in 1941 then I could do it in 2000. I did win & went on to fight thyroid cancer in June 2012. Ty Grandma for my fight.

Elizabeth Tidd
Tracy, CA