One year ago today I got the results of my recent breast biopsy. We had just gotten back from a trip to Kansas to see my son, his family, and the brand new baby girl, grandchild #13.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
It was a Monday morning, 8:00 a.m. I was on the phone with my mom, then my primary care provider from the VA called with the news. It was invasive ductal carcinoma. I remember waking up my husband Kenn to tell him the news. I don’t remember much else about that day. I went to work and saw clients.
My PCP told me I could see the breast surgeon at the VA on Thursday of that week. The breast surgeon told us the stage of the cancer and let us know all the options we had. I could get treatment at the VA in Denver or here in Colorado Springs I chose Colorado Springs and I’m glad I did. I have had to have so many tests and treatments, I could never have done it in Denver and still worked.
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year already. This last year has flown by. Hopefully this next year will continue to bring healing in every way.