I am a proud wife of an Army man who has served for over 18 years, we have two daughters 20 & 7. March 2012, my husband deployed for his 5th deployment. Before he left he told me to get my Mammo done. I had never had a mammo and being 41 years old I knew I was playing with fire. I made my apt and it was performed in Mid April. I received a phone call a few days later, they needed to repeat it due to suspicious findings...that is normal for my first one I thought...A few days after the second mammo, I was called and told that we needed to biopsy the area...At this point I begin to get scared my husband was down range, our 20 year old was at college and our 6 year old looked to me for her stability, I knew I had to pull it together. The biopsy was performed and they confirmed that yes it was cancer and we needed to take action. The hardest part was my husband asking me how the testing went and I had to tell him over the phone " I have cancer". I heard nothing but silence for what seemed like forever.
My PCM told me we are bringing your husband home and I explained to her that wasn't needed, I could handle this, what I wasn't aware of was she had my cervical results I was facing not just breast cancer, my cervix was precancerous. My husband returned in May and we had a lumpectomy, radiation and I take medicine for 5 years. In February of this year, we had another scare in the other breast. After much research we have opted to move forward with a dble mastectomy and reconstruction surgery in September 2013. I am thankful that I have these options available to me. No matter what I have been through or going to go through, I am the most blessed woman. With my amazing husband and two wonderful daughters with me I can conquer the world!! Never lose your faith.
Killeen, TX
