It was nothing unusual going every 6 months for a mammogram for calcium deposits on one side. This was to be the last of the 6 month checks but now it was one year since the opposite side had been mammogramed. Thinking the lady would be out any minute to say, "you can dress and go now", she came and asked me to come back for a manification picture. Then the 3rd time she came out to get me, I knew there was a problem. After an ultrasound I took the films to my surgeon and he confirmed my worst fears. I couldn't go home and face the family and it was the week of Thanksgiving. I drove around the big city for hours thinking. The next morning I told my husband. After Thanksgiving dinner, I told the family. My husband freaks out at hospitals although he loves me, so my daughter and daughter-in-law went with me to every doctor visit and for two surgeries plus reconstruction. Family IS important and they have a right to know. I couldn't be a 10 year, 11 month survivor if it hadn't been for my family's support. The mammogram found my cancer. Please get yours today!! Today I still attend breast cancer support meetings hoping to lend encouragement to others facing what I did.

Phyllis Looney
Mansfield, TX