Cancer
It’s Cancer, isn’t it? I asked the radiologist, staring intently into his eyes, as I sat on the edge of the cold, crinkled, paper covered exam room table. He hesitantly responded, “I think it is, but let’s let the biopsy prove me wrong.” Since the call back two days earlier for a follow-up ultrasound following a routine mammogram, I knew in my heart that it was cancer. A week later, confirmation came by way of a phone call from my doctor’s office, breast cancer in its early stage. The two weeks following confirmation were filled with blood draws, doctors’ appointments and counseling sessions, along with breaking the news to my husband, family members and church family, it was a whirlwind, no time to think about it in any depth. My only thought was, well let’s get it out so I can move on with life. Two weeks later and two weeks ago today, surgery is successfully over, and I am back to walking three miles a day five days a week. ...