April 5, 2011
It’s hard to believe that today makes seven months from the day I found that ugly lump in my breast. September 5th was that day that would change my life forever. It’s been a long seven months and although it has been painful and scary I feel like it has changed me and in a good way.
I thought I knew a lot about breast cancer but come to find out I knew very little. Did you know that one in every eight women will get breast cancer? Pretty scary stuff! I had the most common type of breast cancer; about 75% of women diagnosed have this type. I was very blessed to not have any cancer in my lymph nodes and the lumpectomy left me with very little scaring. My tumor was driven by hormones so I will take a pill for the next five years that will block the hormone estrogen from my breast and this will give me more assurance that my cancer will not return.
Now it’s time to get back to living my life and I can hardly wait to get my energy back and be able to do the things that I miss. I thank my family and friends for being there and I thank God for giving me my precious wonderful life.
