I received a phone call from the doctor just a couple days after my mammogram and sure enough I have an appointment for some additional testing for some areas that they aren't too sure about in both breasts. Chances are that since it was my first mammogram and they don't really know what "normal" looks like for me yet that everything is just fine but better safe than sorry.

On the other hand it astonishes me the power that the word "cancer" still has in my life. I'm fortunate to be very well educated in breast health and breast cancer awareness because of my volunteer work but just breathe that word to me over the phone and I hang up and fall apart. I'm more than likely not up against the monster again and if I am I'll deal but I absolutely have to find a way to put this monster in its place. I refuse to live in fear.