IN 1995 MY FAMILY DR RETIRED AND I WAS FORCED TO FIND A NEW DR. IN DOING SO THE NEW DR TOLD ME IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE A MAMOGRAM EVERY YEAR AT MY AGE. I WAS 52. I ALWAYS HAD THEM IN NOVEMBER AND AS NOVEMBER CAME AROUND I BEGIN TO FEEL VERY UNEASY. I FELT I NEEDED THE MAMOGRAM. I CALLED OUR HOSPITAL WHERE I HAD ALWAYS GOTTEN THEM FROM AND ASKED IF I NEEDED A DRS PERMISSION AND TOLD THE NURSE WHAT I WAS FEELING. SHE SAID I DEFINITELY DID NOT NEED THE DRS OK, SO I WENT AHEAD AND SCHEDULED MY APPT. IN GETTING IT DONE THEY BECAME QUITE CONCERNED AS THEY SAW A SPOT. THEY REDONE MY MAMO AND CALLED THE SPECIAL TECH TO CHECK IT. I HAD A SMALL LUMP. THEY GAVE ME A CHOICE OF NOW OR IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS. MY DAUGHTEER WAS WITH ME AND SHE SAID NOW AS THAT IS WHAT HER DAD WOULD SAY. THAT WAS ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY AND I HAD A LUMPECTOMY ON MONDAY. IT WAS CANCER AND THE SURGEON SAID IT NO DOUBT WOULD HAVE BEEN FULL BLOWN HAD I WAITED.
THANK THE LORD FOR LEADING ME. IT HAS BEEN GOING ON 15 YEARS NOW OF CANCER FREE AND I STILL GET A MAMO EVERY YEAR.
CHOLENE ANDERSON
luckyme@ligtel.com
ALBION, IN