In November of 2009 I had a routine mammogram . The facility I always went to upgraded their machines to new digital mammography scanners and the technician told me that these could pick up more images so don't be surprised if they call you back for a second visit. "We see more so we have to explore more with these new digital machines".

So I wasn't surprised or concerned when I was told to come back for another mammogram which I dutifully went to the following week. What shocked me was the letter I opened a week letter letting me know that they had found "abnormalities" in my mammogram and I was to contact my gynecologist as soon as possible. What a wonderful way to find out! I called my doctor and received a message back telling me to contact Dr. "G", a Breast Surgeon, to schedule a biopsy.

Dr. "G" was short and curt explaining that 80% of the time "calcification's" found in breast tissue turned out to be nothing and not to be concerned. I scheduled the biopsy at Chilton Hospital with Dr. "W" in mid Dec. Unfortunately I turned out to be in the 20% category . They found that the clarifications were malignant and there was another spot that needed to be biopsied again since they couldn't get enough tissue.

So on the Day of Christmas Eve I was told I had Breast Cancer! Wow! How could that be?
We have no cancer of any sort in my entire family. Diabetes and Heart Disease. That's what we have. We don't do cancer, that's for other families.

So here I am 3 months later facing this dragon.