At 28 years old, I found a lump on my breast. It was a week after we celebrated my son’s birthday. I wasn’t even thinking that it could be cancer, but still, I decided to have it checked out. My doctor did a biopsy, then called me into his office …

On May 30, 2018 after having a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound, I was directed to have a Fine Needle Aspiration of my left breast. The doctors told me that the lump in my breast was not likely cancer. They told me that for women my age, 35 years old, it …

I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer a month ago. I noticed that my breast was hard. So, I went in for a mammogram, ultrasound, and biopsy and that’s when I received my diagnosis. My double mastectomy is scheduled to be done soon. Thankfully, the genetic testing came back …

Sometimes we will use a jack to help lift different things. Using a jack to raise the drywall up to the ceiling sure makes the job go faster. We all like to be lifted up. Put-downs never help the way pick-me-ups do for our day, our mood, and our confidence. …

The golf ball sized lump in my left breast appeared seemingly overnight. My PCP had done a breast exam at a checkup a few months prior. It was not there then, or at least we couldn’t feel it. I told myself, it appeared so fast, it had to be a …

Hinges are used to open and close a door. We all have things that unhinge us. The person in the line taking too long, the cashier not working fast enough, the person who can’t drive in front of us. Sometimes I wonder if getting unhinged is really worth it. Everyone …

Breast cancer has been a part of my life since I was 12 years old. My mother was diagnosed when she was 42 years old. Roughly 10 years later, it came back metastatic and she passed away in 2000, at the age of 56. Ever since, I knew it was …

Some days there is a lot of measuring to do. All those little lines matter and make a difference in how many times you have to cut the piece. So often we work so hard to measure up to everyone else’s expectations of us, or what we think they expect …