It was Sunday July 13th and Craig and I went and ate breakfast with my grandparents, and had a wonderful wonderful time. For those of you that know my grandparents, they keep us on our toes these days! We came home and napped and then I likely had plans to drag Craig to "window shop". Thats his favorite thing to do! :)
I was putting on my deodorant and when I lifted my arm as I was standing in front of the mirror, I noticed something move in my right breast. As I began to examine myself I noticed that there was something that was not right. I talked to my mom and asked Craig about it and we decided I should definitely see my GYN. I made an appointment for Tuesday and that's where it becomes blurry. I am going to try and tell it the best I remember.
Craig met me at the GYN office, as I was nervous. She examined me and quickly came to the decision that I should definitely have a sonogram and mammogram that day. So Craig and I nervously ate lunch as we awaited my appointment. I went for the sonogram and mammogram and the sonographer stated that she was going to get the radiologist. I remember Craig looking at me and saying "What do you think" and I think I said "Its never good when you get to talk to the doctor". And it wasn't. She came in and sat on the table with me and said "I don't think this is good and I think that you need it biopsied." I replied between my tears "Do you think its cancer?" and she stated "I think that there is a good chance."
As a looked at Craig he was sitting in the chair across from me, crying. I've never seen him cry in the two wonderful years we have been together. That broke my heart even more.
I quickly got a call from my GYN and she was setting me up with KU Cancer Center. Wonderful, I'm a Jayhwak fan, I'll fit in great! We met with Dr. Wagner on Wednesday who specializes in breast cancer and breast surgery. She is a very head strong woman whom I am confident in. She let me ask her a million questions, and then stated "We just had a conversation about a scenario that may never happen." They took biopsies that day, which were very painful in my experience. On Thursday July 17th 2014 at about 4:00 in the afternoon as I was sitting in my living room with Craig and my mom I got the call from Dr. Wagner that it was cancer. She said because the pathology was so quick (because they didn't want us waiting over the weekend) she could only say that it was cancer, not the type, stage or any specifics.
So this is the beginning...