My story started with an ordinary trip for medication refills at the dr. when she said i haven't had a mammogram in a while and should go get one. When they bought the film up in the room there was a big glaring white spot on my right breast. I had an ultrasound the next week and a biopsy the following one and was diagnosed with HER2 Stage IIa breast cancer. I always had blood pressure issues so I though heart attack or stroke never cancer. I had 2 chemo sessions of which the last one almost killed me my red blood count and white blood count and electrolytes became so far off I nearly died and required 2 pints of blood in a transfusion on top of that I had pneumonia. One week in the hospital, and lots of home health care I now am scheduled for surgery the 2 chemo sessions shrunk my tumor from 1 inch to the size of a pea so my surgeon said it is time for the lumpectomy. After the surgery we will decide if i need more chemo (really afraid of this option) or just radiation. It is hard for me to believe this is happening to me I was a pharmacy tech just 3 months ago comforting ill people at the pharmacy, now I am that ill person. I haven't worked in 3 months and anticipate another month after surgery before I am back at work if I can go back at all. But Jesus has got this there is a plan I don't know about and I will have to find out as I go along. I do want to thank all the people behind me helping. People at work are making jewelry and selling it and giving me the profit, raffles have been done in my name I appreciate all the help and concern everyone has shown me. It is times like this you know who really matters and who really cares, I would like to mention my family without who I could have gone through this.

Jayne E. Buckley
Little River, SC