I was lying on the couch, six years ago almost to date, when I felt a pain under my bra. I went into panic when I felt a lump. "Do you feel this?" I asked my husband. He didnt. I get it. It was tiny. But I felt it. And knew it wasn't supposed to be there. It was a Sunday but you bet your ass that the minute my Dr's office opened the next morning, I was asking to be seen. She felt it too. But it was the side my mastectomy was on. My breast implant was a little saggy so "we" werent exactly sure what it was from. I knew. But I was hanging on to her being not sure. Naturally an ultrasound was immediately scheduled. The radiologist scanned my fake boob and said I dont see anything abnormal. Yea, well you arent in the spot I'm telling you! Once she found it she said "oh". It was the week before the holidays. Do you know what it's like to try to get a biopsy and results given to you a week before the holidays? You know how the rest goes. I...
Mom, cancer survivor, and wanna be writer.