MomPeepers' Village
Wow I forgot I even had this website until I came upon it just by chance.I started it in 1999, and its now 2008. Since I've found it again, Perhaps I will start all over again
Let me introduce myself....
Then: (1999) I'm MomPeepers and I am 46 years old, mom of 3 and grandma of 1. I am from Suisun City, California, USA. I love to work in my garden, and play on my computer.I enjoy meeting lots of people on the internet, so feel free to drop me a line or two about yourself.
Now: (2008) I'm still MomPeepers, but now I am 54 years old, still mom of 3, but now grandma of 4. I still live in Suisun City Calif. USA. I'm still working in my garden and playing on my computer. Guess some things will never change! I still enjoy meeting folks and chatting on the internet, so feel free to send me an email.
Lots of interesting things have occured in my life since 1999, some happy, some sad, some just downright weird.
But that's life isn't it? Sometimes when things happen to us, the reasons they happen may never be known to us. We must learn to adjust and find how to make the best of these things, learn something about ourselves, and then share that experience with others.
BREAST CANCER.... MY STORY
You are not alone and you can survive!
Sometimes things happen with no Warning....
In November 2006 I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer.
The Mammograms:
In October 2006 I had my regular routine mammogram. Ladies, please get your mammograms every year. You just never know. I have NO family history of breast cancer.
My regular doctor got my mammogram results, usually I get a letter telling me the mamogram results were normal. However this time he called me to let me know "we" needed to take a different set of mammograms on my left breast, because there are some suspicous areas on the films and I want to take a closer look. Oh, okay.. so I made the appointment, went and had some new films taken and waited for the results. I was a little nervous, but since there is no history of breast cancer, I wasn't truly worried. After all he said that sometimes these suspicious areas are just calcifications that come with normal aging.
The new set of mammograms showed some "areas of concern". These folks have some really good eyes, because the dots that concerned them looked no bigger than this to me... 0 & O No kidding that's what size they looked like on the films. Nothing that could be felt on examination. Just seen on the mammogram.
So the next step was a referral for a biopsy.
The Biopsy ...
I met with Dr. T, who explained all the types of biopsy procedures, and I chose to have a sterotatic biopsy, since it was an outpatient procedure. Two weeks later, I underwent a sterotatic biopsy procedure where they took 13 tiny samples of breast tissue from the suspicious areas. I'll dedicate a whole separate page with all the details of my biopsy experience! What an experience that was!! These samples were sent to the lab for analysis. And then I went back for the results.
The results are in...
I was so sure that it was nothing at all, that I didn't take anyone with me, after all there is NO history of breast cancer in my family. Ladies, no matter what, do not, I repeat, do not get your results alone. If the results are good then you will have someone to do the "high five" and celebrate with you. If the results are not good, you will have someone to hug you, and cry with you.
When he began giving me the results of the biopsy, the only thing I clearly heard him say was "of the 13 samples, 8 were malignant"... After that whatever he was saying sounded just like Charlie Brown's teacher ... wah wat waah wat wah ...... My brain had gone into overdrive... malignant = bad, bad = cancer ... he must have someone else's file.. maybe I heard him wrong.... etc etc
Dr. T must have noticed that I was just staring and not comprehending a thing he said, because he stopped talking, handed me a box of tissues and asked me if anyone came with me... I just sobbed and shook my head no. He asked me if I wanted him to continue, and I said.. give me a couple minutes then perhaps you should start over.. I stopped listening after "malignant".
SO, he explained that the type of cancer I had was called DCIS, Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. Meaning it was early, and doesn't look like it has spread. Then we went over all my options. All I could think of was: when can you get this out of me? I want it gone NOW. I don't care what you have to do, just get rid of this.
I don't know about you, but all I could think of was Oh my God, how did this happen to me?
To be continued....
