Pink Ribbons
I really HATE the color pink, so of course I would be destined to join the pink ribbon wearers on July 19 th , 2018. It all started when I found a small lump. I didn’t freak out because it was the same spot where I had a previous biopsy/MRI several years ago which ended up being nothing. After a Dr. visit, several calls to imaging locations, having them reschedule me (that is another angry story but for later), I was on my way to a 3D mammogram, ultrasound, and biopsy. The radiologist called the next day and I was in the middle of working on a project due for my Mixed Methods course when I heard the words “It’s cancer”. No one ever expects to have the entire course of their life changed in an instance, but I definitely wasn’t. I was supposed to be planning my honeymoon and finding a house for our future growing family, not tracking down a surgical oncologist and begging them to see me the same day. I hate that I want to plan for...