It was Friday the 13th, May 2005; I was 45 years old, when they discovered I had breast cancer in my right breast. It had already spread out to my armpit glands.

2 days before, while I was taking a shower, I felt something in my breast. It was not the usual limp people are afraid to discover, no, it was more like a small disc.
I had to go to work and because I am a nurse, I didn’t really feel the necessity to take action right away.

Friday the 13th, I went to see my doctor and than for a mammography at the hospital where I work as a nurse. I wasn’t really worried, so I went by myself. Breast cancer is not something that occurs in my family, not that I am aware of at least. I have always been healthy and never had any physical disabilities.

After the photo, the radiologist came to me in person and she told me she wanted to do an echo right away. That’s when I started Read More »