Cancer Doesn't Hurt.

I've heard many people say, "if it hurts, it's not cancer". Even doctors have told me that (None that I am seeing right now)

After we had our third child, and second son, I had small lumps that kinda hurt. I was told if it hurts, it's not cancer. They did turn out to be blocked milk ducts from nursing.

However, I haven't nursed a baby in 5 years. And the lump hurt. And if it hurts, it's not cancer right? Wrong. This hurts a lot. It's kept me up at night.

I believe we are responsible for our own medical care so I am not blaming the few doctors who did tell me cancer doesn't hurt. I should have listened to my body sooner. But if you recall in my first blog, I had staph boils in the same area and attributed the lumps to staph abscesses. Staph hurts like crazy...so obviously the lump would too.

I'm incredibly grateful to my dermatologist who has become my General Practitioner by default as our Family Doc retired in October. Things happen for a reason and I recently learned that his good friend is a leading breast cancer specialist in Salt Lake.

Someone recently said I'd be blazing trails for other women who are diagnosed after me. I have not blazed any trails. But millions of women have certainly blazed them before me. There is a lot of attention and money given to cancer causes in our country and because of this I know, eventually, I'll be ok.

Keeping the Faith
Lisa