The Start of it All

To tell my story, I must start at the beginning. They always tell you to do self exams on your breasts starting around age 30, right? Well I’m NOT even 30! But I will admit I was sore from working out and was pressing on my pec muscle and I felt a lump. Sitting right on top of my muscle. I found this lump in October of 2022. Like anyone who is 28 years old, probably thought it was nothing. BUT I thought I would be safe and schedule a breast exam. 2 weeks later I went in for a breast exam and again, my OBGYN thought it was nothing! Maybe a cyst? Maybe a lymphoma? However, she ordered an ultrasound just in case. Ultrasound came back a little abnormal, so they scheduled me for a biopsy. At this point, I figured…. This is all routine. I’m sure everything is fine! Well ultrasound, biopsy and one phone call later I was diagnosed with a highly invasive, high grade, triple negative ductal carcinoma. WHAT THE F*** IS THAT