There is something surreal about driving up to the Cancer Center.  I don't feel sick.  Could this all be a big mistake?  Why don't they have an address on the building?  It looks rather nice.  I admire the lobby and artwork as we enter.  They have free valet parking...

Waiting is awful.  It is like being suspended in a place where your feet don't touch the ground and you can't quite reach the ceiling.  You can still move your arms and legs, but you don't get anywhere.  I had my biopsies on a Friday so you can just double the 24-48...

You have to have a sense of humor when you walk into a room and there is a table with a big hole in the very center and they tell you that you have to climb a ladder and put your right breast in the hole.  I looked down and said, "But my breast isn't in the center of...

My sweet husband took the day off and went with me to my mammogram appointment.  I didn't want to ask him to do this, but it was so nice to have him there. I'm nervous.  As we sit and wait for them to come get me, my leg is tapping as I watch whatever nonsense is on...

There.  I have said it.  I have breast cancer.  I have only had a few days to practice (written October 10th, 2012), but I find the words stick in my throat.  It should be easier, but I suspect it is only the first of many hurdles that I will need to leap in the next...