Cancer Doesn't Have Me
It was a Thursday just like every other Thursday. I went to the gym in the morning and I had just showered and was getting dressed in my room. My hand brushed down my left breast, nonchalantly, just in the process of moving around and I felt a large lump. What the hell is this??? How long has this been there??? How have I not felt this before??? This was not pimple sized bump; this was a LUMP for sure. I didn’t have to press down to feel it; it was just there all on its own occupying space on my body, rent free. I got that feeling…you know it. When you almost trip but you catch yourself and even though you didn’t fall your body has already prepared for impact. The reaction is a racing heart, your stomach drops and you get a cold sweat. That is how I felt when I found my lump. I called my Mom, who suggested I go to the doctor and lovingly said it was probably nothing, maybe a cyst. I went through the motions of getting myself out