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I went in for my yearly mammogram and got a note saying they wanted to check it again. Then they wanted me to see a specialist. Even when they started doing biopsies I kept thinking that there was nothing wrong with me since there was no history of cancer in my family. When they called to say they wanted me to come in to talk a woman I work with insisted on coming with me. That was the day they told me I had breast cancer.

I learned that I’m strong enough to handle just about anything.

All I could think was that I wanted to get out of there. I didn’t want to go read horror stories online, I just wanted to take it one day at a time and get through it. The doctor told me my options and we decided to do a lumpectomy. When I got to work a bunch of the boys had shaved their heads to raise money for me. I have a picture of me with hair and them with none. I had my husband shave my head because I couldn’t take it anymore. One of the worst parts was seeing people I knew who were also being treated at the cancer center. Not the place you want to bump into old high school friends and neighbors. Cancer is a horrible thing but a lot of good has come from it, too. It really made me wake up and take care of myself. Without my family and my friends at Kroger (my other family) I don’t think I would have survived. I learned that I’m strong enough to handle just about anything. Also how precious this thing called life really is. Today I am doing great. My advice is to get yearly mammograms no matter how old you are.

- Lisa