Bright Pink Warrior

As of this moment, I am still early on in my adventure, but I've also already done A LOT. I had a mammogram, which I will have to do every year until surgery.  I have an MRI scheduled for January, which I will have to do 6 months after the mammogram and will have to switch between the two every six months until surgery.  I have had an appointment with the high-risk gynecologist to make a plan for my ovaries.  I get to see her every year until surgery as well.  Most recently, I met with a reproductive specialist to talk about options to get pregnant again (because ta-da, I also have PCOS).  My next appointments are in November.  First with an endocrinologist and then with a breast surgeon (because I'm anxious and have a lot of questions and need to make a plan).  Phew! It's been exhausting, but it's all worth it. My daughter and my husband are completely worth it!  I have had some AMAZING support from people that are both close to me and those wh...

Websites: Youngsurvival.org Brightpink.org FORCE- facingourrisk.org Books: Dangerous Boobies: Breaking up with my time-bomb breasts by Caitlin Brodnick A Cancer in the Family: Take Control of Your Genetic Inheritance by Theodora Ross The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook by Kathy Steligo

I have been considering doing a blog for a while.  While doing online research to see what others have gone through, I found it to be helpful, and strangely comforting, so I thought that maybe my story can help someone else as well.  So, if you are reading this, welcome!  I am just a normal momma of one, who works hard, loves hard, and is determined to live as long as I can. My story actually begins with my mom.  She was adopted at birth and never had an interest to learn about her biological family; "The mom I know is the only one I need" she would say.  She was right, her mom, Jane, the grandma I knew, was pretty amazing.  The one problem with not knowing her biological family was that we also didn't know any medical history.  If we did, it MIGHT have saved her life. When I was young, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer.  From what I remember, it was found at an early stage, thankfully.  My mom still decided to have a bilateral mastec...