My mom was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer today. She’s only 61. What’s so incredibly scary is that the 2cm tumor didn’t show up on her mammogram. The tumor is deep within her breast and is barely palpable. She was due for her yearly mammogram in two weeks and was doing her monthly self-exam. If she didn’t know what she was feeling for, she would have missed the lump or anything that was out of the ordinary. Her mammogram would have missed it as well and wouldn’t have caught the cancer until WAY too late – maybe as late as her next mammogram in a year? Those are some scary and sobering thoughts.

She eats well, doesn’t drink nor smoke, and overall, takes pretty good care of herself. This dreadful disease really can and will strike anybody.

Ladies, please take a moment and educate yourself on how to do a self exam.

Have a nice weekend.