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May 10, 2006

Diagnosed on Friday the 13th

I was diagnosed with breast cancer on Friday, the 13th of January!! I had found a lump on my left breast in the middle of December and the doctor sent me for a mammogram the day before New Year's Eve. I had a feeling something wasn't quite right when they straight away referred me to have a scan. I could see a sort of dark area and it worried me. Anyway, we danced the night away on New Year's Eve, although I had a dressing on the three biopsies they had taken.

Going for the results was the hardest thing and my husband and I braced ourselves only as we walked through the consultant's door. I was advised that it was a very average little breast cancer, nothing to be too afraid of and that the prognosis was very good as it had been caught very early. I truly didn't feel that bad about it. I really felt that this was something that I could easily handle. Friends and family told me how brave I was but really I just didn't feel it was anything worth worrying about too much. I was scheduled for a lumpectomy and told that I would probably have radiotherapy after.

We went back for the results and I felt some kind of eerie feeling that I was living my life by results. I sat quite still and nodded sweetly when the consultant told me that the cancer was larger than expected and more extensive and that I would need a mastectomy. My husband just cried and cried and could barely drive home. It was horrible.

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