because breast cancer had never touched my family,I never was fathful with my mammograms, even though I have been a RN for over 25 years, then one of my friends told me you can make your own appointments with out waiting for a Doctor.I always forgot to ask for it with my MD. so I made it. 2 days after I was to report for a sonogram and by the end of it I knew I had breast cancer by the way people where looking at me, I was told to have a biopsy, then the wirlwind begun, my oldest 32 was having my 1st grandaughter in less than a month and to me that was the most important, I worked surgeries around her birth and missed most of her 1st year due to 4 rounds of chemo and 7 surgeries (she lives 6 hours away), At 14 years old. my youngest daughter became my rock by taking care all my needs, my husband was with me, he gave me strenght.my Church showed more love than I could imagine. Now I want to fight I raised $2200 for my local ribbon run to help women locally 1400 of that money was raised during chemo. I wanted to support something that could keep one person from going through what I have been, early detection is very important with routine mammograms

Lori Elrod
Elkmont, AL