I posted this almost 10 years ago.

I shared this with my coworkers the year I had a stent inserted in a major artery and my friend had breast cancer. I thought it would be appropriate to bring it up again.

Both of us urged our coworkers “Don’t wait!” She’d had a phone call from the doctor on the first day of school and said “What? I don’t have time for another mammogram tomorrow. Can I come in a month?” Fortunately, they said she needed to come in ASAP, and she did. My own “Don’t wait!” came after a catheterization showed my right interior carotid was 97% blocked. If I’d said oh, wait until June when school is out, I hate to think of how much worse it could have been.

So here I am, now looking at my own case of breast cancer, waiting for genetic testing results that will help determine whether a lumpectomy will be sufficient.

Dear Whatever Is Trying to Kill Me; knock it off!!