It all began back in 2001, when one day while in the shower, I felt a small lump in my left breast. I thought nothing of it as I normally had small lumps or as I called them my “chunky boobs” at that time of the month. Well, this little sucker of a lump did not go away like the other ones did and it was somewhat hard feeling. I had been having my regular annual mammograms every October or November, so when I went to see my doctor about the lump, he said there was nothing to worry about and then he said “women are so obsessed with their breasts!!”
So, the following month which was November, I had my mammogram and I was nervous because of the lump. Two days later my doctor called me into his office to review my mammogram. Now I was a WRECK!!! He explained to me that my left breast showed an irregularity and so he wanted to followup with another mammo, but said “nothing to worry about”. I had the second mammogram in January and again I was called in to review it and it too showed “something”. So now he recommended an ultrasound which was performed in February and it showed “something”.
At that point I knew or my gut knew this was serious. A biopsy was performed which I was certainly not prepared for. All I remember about it was it sounded like a gun going off into my left breast and I was left bruised and hurting. A few days went by and then I received THAT phonecall to come in to see my doctor. “You have Breast Cancer” he said.