It Is What It Is

Well this is my story and I have never told it. Last year my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer @age 61 so we as a family began our journey, she started telling my sister and I to get a mammogram we said ok yes ma'am we will. My sister who was 43 at the time had hers done, she was fine. I still waited mainly because I was scared and had never had a mammogram so I didnt know what to expect. I was 44 at the time. I finally went in august and it was not a good report. I went back in september for a biopsy, it was breast cancer as well. So in october I had a mastectomy and was well on my way. My mom had to go through chemo and I was lucky enough not to have to go through it because they caught my cancer at a early enough stage. I was able to have a choice on what type of treatment we would do. My mother and I both have had reconstruction on our breast(GURDIE:Girls Under Reconstruction Do It Easy). You might say we had to name this beast called cancer because it was a way for us to laugh rather than cry, so that is where the name GURDIE came from.Today I am going on 7 months no cancer and my mom is 10 months no cancer. We as mothers,daughters and sisters have truly been on an unbelievable journey this past year we laughed, cried and embraced this all together. I hope that all the women that read this will get there mammograms on time and not wait like I did. All I'm saying is I am blessed and very lucky they caught it when they did. ~Kim~