I had a lil discharge in my right nipple I November of 2012 ,I didn't really think anything of it .I had no pain and 5 months later my whole breast was a big hard lump my nipple was inverted.I was like wow I was scared .I really didn't think it was cancer.I went to the doctor and he took one look at it and said you know your gonna lose that breast.I just started to cry and told my husband I had had breast cancer.I had a radical mastectomy,my mental state through all this is not good,it is very hard for Mr let my husband look at me sexually.I hate looking at my self in the mirror I just want to smash all of the mirrors in my house.my husband was my rock going through all of this madness,I had 4 months of chemo and 2 months of radiation.my husband is just glad I'm alive and so am I ,but he doesn't understand how it took my self confidence ,I always was a skinny no butt no boob girl anyways the older I got the note I filled out ,I will be 50 in 2 weeks .im waiting on being reconstructed now ,its been just a little over a year I had my surgery.next month I will be cancer free for a year.I ended my radiation this past July.I have to wait a year after all treatment to start reconstruction ,being I had cancer cells .thank you for letting me tell my story good luck to all of us survivors and god be with you Andrea colwell in s.c.

Andrea colwell
manning, SC