Working from home. Cell phone rings. Woman from Valley Breast Center. "I'm sorry to tell you you have ductal carcinoma in situ" - she starts to spell it, I am already on Google and tell her "I've got it", meaning I already see the sites on DCIS. She tells me to talk with my primary care doctor and she will call next week. She hung up. I started reading about DCIS.
I'd had 2 biopsies the previous month, after a suspicious mammogram. But I'd had the same thing in 2002 - same breast, suspicious mammo, biopsy, result? - just calcifications. Never a thought this time was any different.
I am pretty happy with my life. I have a great job as a writer for Boeing. I have a wonderful network of girlfriends - most are involved with Raise The Bar, a multisport club in Covington - I do triathlons and half marathons - I'm no speedster, but I pride myself on finishing a race. I have a wonderful ex-husband who is married to a wonderful woman who considers me family. I live alone and drive a BMW convertible - all that is missing is a lover, and all my friends have their eyes open for me!!
There you have it - my life BC. Actually, add in the BC and this is still my life - and that's a good thing!
