I have always gone for my mammograms and had always had a clean mammo nothing to worry about , but one day I had an unusual pain in my left breast and rubbed it only to feel a hard lump and for a week kept thinking oh it's nothing but then told my husband who immediately told me to call my gyne. Went to see her within a week and she examined me and said " I'm calling a surgeon right now you will go directly to him from here for a biopsy" I knew right there it wasn't good. Waited what felt like weeks for results.At work on Oct 6th I got the life changing call it was the surgeon "you have cancer" I felt like I was going into a tunnel almost how you feel when you pass out. My husband was and has been beside me every step going for second opinions and finally made our decision to get a lumpectomy. Had my surgery to only find out it was stage 2 IDC and hit two of the four lymph nodes they took! Ugh this meant chemo and rads it was long and sometimes unbearable but I managed to work through it and I am now proud to say I am a 3 year survivor feeling blessed and always praying for the other warriors going through this horrifying experience but with the right support and wonderful oncologist and onc nurses anything is possible! I never thought of myself as strong but I am proud to say if anything positive came out of this its realizing I'm soooooo much stronger than I thought. To my fellow warriors and warriors to come "stay strong and fight" even when you feel you cant do it anymore 👊 Kick some CANCER ass

michele Detlefsen
Orlando park, IL