Update

It has been a tense couple of weeks for me. With the end of school, which is always hectic, and with the news that my Mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. School is finally out (yay). Which left us with the real threat that Mom might have a terrible battle to face.

She had her surgery on June 5th. The doctors seemed to think that everything went well, and that they were able to get all of the cancer out of her body. But we still had to wait a week to find out for sure. Mom was tired but all in all she was recuperating very well. She went back to the doctor and she got the "all clear" that we were hoping for. She will still need to have some radiation treatments. They will be localized and hopefully not too draining on her health with side effects.

With all that said I must say this to all you women out there that read this, few as it may be. Mom's battle was short and victorious. But it was all due to early detection. In the past, she has found lumps in her breast that have all be benign. We figured this one would be too. But no it was cancer. Go get your check ups. Have your mammograms done. Be proactive.

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