Have I told you how this whole thing got started? It wasn’t on a regular mammogram. In fact, I wasn’t supposed to have my first one for another four years. I found the lump myself.
I wish I could tell you that I had been religiously doing my self-exams like I know I am supposed to do. But it wasn’t. I didn’t do them. I sort of found the lump by accident. I was watching TV and my bra had been irritating me. When I took it off, I found the lump. And I distinctly remember thinking to myself, “How did this lump get this big without me noticing?”
Never again, ladies. I know it’s hard to remember. The likelihood seems so remote of something ever going wrong. It is. But it’s so critically important to do this. So here’s an easy way to remember to do your breast self-exams: Feel It On The First.
More than anything, get to know your own body. Every inch of it. And then you’ll know if something is off. Do it for me. More importantly, do it for yourself.
Love you all.
