Where to begin? Well.....it started back in 2005 after finding a lump in my right breast. I wasn't sure if I was just imagining it or if it was just natural hormonal changes. After a second opinion (thanks Chris!) I was persuaded to go to the doctor and get it checked out. I was asked to leave it for a couple of months and if there was no change to go back - which I duly did.
A mammogram and ultrasound scan followed in March 2006. Nothing sinister was found other than an enlarged milk duct. I was told to keep an eye on it and to get back in touch if there were any changes.
Although Chris was bothered by it, I was confident that there were no changes and life continued.
I embarked on a Primary Care and Health Management Diploma (2 diplomas actually!) in March 2009 and worked my socks off for the next 15 months. It all culminated in a presentation in May 2010 and a very pleasant evening in the Tudor Arms at Slimbridge with some of my new comrades in arms.
Phew, life was going to get easier now. I would be able to get some time back for myself, family and friends. Ha! How wrong was I? After a fiddle to see if things were ok, I noticed a change. Had I missed this over the last 15 months? Had it changed that long ago? Had I checked as regularly as I should have? I confess I had noticed a change a couple of months previously but again wondered if it was hormonal. Even if it was, I think it was time to get it checked out again, after all it had been 4 years since the last mammogram etc.
Off I went to the docs and she referred me back to the hospital where I'd had my last check. The week after I got an appointment for a mammogram and ultrasound for the following Tuesday, 1st June. I only told a couple of close friends at work - was determined I didn't want anyone else to know about it.
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