In the spirit of the holiday....

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

AMEN (and what a relief for you mon amis) - my mom's got caught in the duct when it was 1/8 of the size of a kernal of corn. She had it removed and was heard saying prior to then "they have served their purpose" (with a Southern Lilt) , She would not allow men in the room until her nurse (family friend) had made her face for reception (gotta love the South )

Ladies, please please please get tested if not once then twice a year!!!!!!!!!

about checking twice a year...Deb doesnt have to be told to check anymore, Nor did she need to be told in the first place (Being she is a nurse...) when she discovered the large lump on her shoulder that was a lyphoma that ran from her shoulder around her esophagus (It was starting to restrict her air passage) and ran down to her sternum (Which was cracked open to get a live specimen since the needle biospy & lymph node biospy were 'inconclusive'...The scar she has is about 6" long between both breasts and it still hasnt completely healed exactly 1 year later, But we find humor in the "guitar string" wires that were used to close the breast bone back together look like large "curly Q's" in the X-Rays.)

If she never would have went to seek a second opinion (Her Dr. did recommend she seek another opinion due to the fast growth of the tumor in her shoulder just to make sure) things would have been much bleaker than they turned out in the end.

Brian j.