"F" Words

Did you know that breast cancer isn't limited to breasts? Did you know that there are different types of breast cancer? Even while being treated for breast cancer you can get another form of breast cancer?

Through out my treatment I have made pink tough and have expected great things. On Monday, February first I was derailed. What should I discover that morning? The lump. I had Paul check "the lump". Confirmation was made. E-mailed my general physician who got me in that day. Confirmation of "the lump," and a referral for a mammogram transpired. A week after my lump was discovered I had a mammogram and ultrasound. A full week of letting FEAR terrorize my every moment. My "toughness" disintegrated.

Results were vague. They couldn't locate anything "bad" on the mammogram. "The lump" is really more arm pit than breast. The ultrasound showed a "fatty" lymph node, but they were having trouble seeing behind scar tissue. Today I met with the oncologist. She felt good about the mammogram and ultrasound pictures. Some pushing, poking, groping and she smiled. "FAT," she said.

Today FAT is a joyous word to be celebrated.

Make Pink Tough and Expect Great Things