It was Christmas morning 2011. I sat on my couch watching my kids open their presents from Santa. I had an itch and felt a lump, the kind the doctors warn you about, the kind that feels like a marble under your skin; it was unmistakably different from any other lump I had ever felt in my breast. I swallowed hard and tried to distract myself, but it was no use. I was in panic mode and for rest of the day and the next several weeks, I struggled to stay above the surface as the beginning chapters of my journey through breast cancer were "written".
On January 31, 2012, I had a mastectomy, I went through chemotherapy from March-August, and had radiation in September and October. As I write this, it is one year later, and now, as my hair grows in and I start to regain my energy, I'm learning to live past the diagnosis and treatments.
Online Resources:
Living Beyond Breast Cancer Blog
Breast Cancer.Org
Post Treatment Navigator
Books for Kids:
Punk Wig
Living Beyond Breast Cancer Blog
Breast Cancer.Org
Post Treatment Navigator
Books for Kids:
Punk Wig
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