Wooooooeeee. "Do you know how fast you were going?" "No, officer", replied my husband. He then explained that we were on our home from the doctor's office where we had just learned that I had breast cancer. One look at our pale, shell-shocked faces and she told us to go on home. She then told us she had stopped over a hundred cars that day and we were the first to not get a ticket. She will never know how much we appreciated that small gesture!
My journey started on the night after Christman 2002. While getting ready for bed, I noticed a tiny lump that I did not recognize. I have a strong paternal history of cancer so have always been diligent about mammograms and self-exams so knew which lumps were normal and which were not. We were in the doctor's office the very next morning. After various tests the answer came back that it really was cancer. Since the kind I had spread to the other breast before the lymph nodes, a bilateral mastectomy was the treatment of choice. I opted for tummy-tuck reconstruction so after five hours of surgery, I woke up with new breasts. There was still more to come but all in all it was worth it. I guess God must have a use for me. My husband and family were there for me every step and prayers came in from all over the US.
Please, ladies, do your self-exams - they saved my life.
Bedford, TX