I definitely feel like it was fate that I discovered my breast cancer the way I did. I was 36 and going through IVF and my doctor, Dr. William Schoolcraft, told me that part of the CCRM protocol is for patients to get a mammogram.
I didn't know much about breast cancer until I got it myself so I started reading everything I could on it and speaking to everyone I knew who had experience with it. I got second and third opinions on my surgery options, as well as treatment options, and am so happy I did. It's so important to do that with any diagnosis.. I then was on daily medication for five years, which like the surgery, definitely had it's tough moments.
For the first time in a long time, I recognized the face looking back at me as the woman before the breast cancer diagnosis and it was powerful for me. In that instance, I felt like my old self again and it really helped my healing process begin. That night, I told my husband about this and shared with him that I wish other women could feel like this too, and that is how FAB-U-WISH was created.
The key here is to make sure you are putting a mammogram on your to-do list every single year from 40 on and if you are under 40, make sure to do a monthly self-exam. Most women I meet who have had breast cancer tell me they found it themselves by feeling something on or around their breasts, so I can't stress the importance of doing self-exams at home each month and at your yearly check-up each year.
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