Let me start from the very beginning...

Year 2009, I had a mammogram then breast ultrasound. They said to have it every six months because there is a need to monitor the nodules. I felt the lumps but wasn't worried at all. I felt just normal.

Year 2011, I went to my OB-Gyne doctor because I started to feel a little weak most of the time. I was starting to feel that I'm losing strength of my left hand. I could not open bottles. We assumed it was all because I should be in my perimenopouse stage.

October 2011, after my breast ultrasound results were read, my OB refered me to a breast specialist who recommended we do a biopsy. Then my son had a crisis and I had to take care of my son. I was focused on his crisis that I completely forgot about myself.

June 2012, my son got over his crisis so I had chance to go home to attend to my eldest daughter ( I was worried about her because she had a big lump on her left breast ). She found a surgeon. I went home to be with her so we could have excision biopsy by local anesthesia. It took us about two hours then I went back to Macau and just took out the thread of the stiches by myself. After 6 days, I called my daughter to get the biopsy result. She said she can go the next day. Then called me about the biopsy results. She told me hers was just a benign cysts but mine was not good and I had to go back because they need to do surgery (modified radical mastectomy) within two weeks after the biopsy. At that moment, 8 days have already passed since the biopsy. I flew back to the Philippines the very next day...