"Why Not Me," she titled the post. "June 21, 2022, was the first day of summer, my 8th wedding anniversary, and the day I found out I had breast cancer."
She explained that her gynecologist had reminded her she was due for a mammogram since her last one was in December 2020. Because she has dense breast tissue, she explained, she routinely undergoes a breast sonogram in addition to a mammogram since dense breasts can make it more difficult for mammograms to detect abnormalities."The heart-stopping, suspended animation feeling I remember all too well came flooding back: Jay's colon cancer diagnosis at 41 and the terrifying, gutting nine months that followed," she wrote.
Newsworthy in Chicago because...?
One of some 264K women diagnosed annually in the US, yet her case is national news story? 😨