May 11, 2000: "They said it's Breast Cancer". Those were my mother's calm words to us during the family meeting that was called and words that will haunt me for the rest of my life. As I sat in disbelief I'm thinking to my self, "Breast Cancer, what? There's no history of Breast Cancer in our family, this has to be wrong". Well, not only was it NOT wrong, she was already in stage 3 of the disease. May 11, 2000: The day my family's world as we knew it, ended forever.
8 months & 6 days later, one day shy of her 57th birthday, I lost my best friend to Breast Cancer, my beautiful mother.
I share this with you because I don't want anyone to ever have to experience what my family and I have had to experience and still continue to experience today and everyday. The unnecessary loss of someone you love and cherish to your very core.
My mother was selfless & always busy doing things for others along with taking care of others. Had she remembered to take the time for herself & had her annual mammogram, this unnecessary & heartbreaking loss could have been prevented as we have learned; you don't have to have any Breast Cancer history in your family to fall victim to this disease.
An estimated 192,370 new cases will be reported in 2009. Please take the time, get your annual mammograms. Please, remind all those beautiful women in your life, mothers, sisters, wife, daughters, nieces, grandmothers, neighbors, friends, etc. that early detection is the only way to prevention.
I've supported this amazing site for many years. Wouldn't it be wonderful if 2009 was OUR year!
Please do your part and what you can in the hopes of finding a cure!
Rialto, CA
