I’m a two-time survivor of breast cancer. Both times I found the lump myself.

The first time I was relatively young, 39. I made appointments with my gynecologist and Georgetown University which was doing a breast cancer study then. I planned to take whichever appointment came in first and cancel the other. My gynecologist came in first and encouraged me to participate in the five-year Georgetown study. I did.

After watching the growth for a year, they recommended a biopsy. I didn’t think I had breast cancer when I was seen by the surgeon the first time. I playfully asked if the biopsy scar could be in the shape of a Raggedy Ann heart.

The surgeon recommended mastectomy rather than lumpectomy explaining it’s what he would recommend to his wife under the same circumstances. I followed his

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