Archive for Discovery of Cancer
Thoughts from Karen:
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When I see someone with a scarf around her head and obviously going through chemo, I always approach her and simply say “I hope you are having a good day, I’m a 12 year survivor, I understand.”- My wonderful family support is still there. They will always be there for me, that will never stop.
- My cancer was discovered by a mammogram. It was not found by touch. I preach mammograms whenever I can. Had I missed that particular mammogram, I would not be telling this story.
Karen from Iowa, Survivor April 1998
“We are never alone”
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Awareness
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I like to think my cancer was discovered by fate. In October 2008 my horse Dixie chomped onto my breast. On January 14, 2009 I was diagnosed after a self exam in the shower.
My one last thought. Don’t fear the cancer, rejoice in the miracle Jesus is preparing for you.
–Stacey from Texas, Survivor January 2009
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Nothing is Perfect
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No one method of detection is perfect. I happened to put my finger right on a lump one day. I will have to admit, I did not do regular self exams and my first routine mammogram did not find it. The lump was already one and one half centimeters by then, stage one.
Barb Gordon from Iowa, Survivor May 2006 www.PortraitsAndStories.com photographer