Terry Fox School Run

Terry Fox started a marathon against cancer.
Together, we can finish it.

In early 2019, only 5 days after my 46th birthday, I found a lump in my breast. I went to the doctor the next morning, and he suggested I was “too young” for breast cancer. Normally, breast cancer screening was reserved for women 50 and older, however he sent me for a precautionary mammogram and ultrasound. I left the doctor’s office with very little concern and with the requisitions in hand. The mammogram was inconclusive because I have dense breasts, and the ultrasound was completed. The ultrasound technician let me know she was going to confirm the imaging showed everything the radiologist needed for his report. I didn’t think twice about him joining the technician to talk to me about what he saw. After all, that was the process in my two pregnancies, the last one being only two and half years before. Then he gave me unexpected news: he was very concerned with what he saw. A biopsy was completed the following week, as were a battery of other scans and tests.

In early 2019, only 5 days after my 46th birthday, I found a lump in my breast. I went to the doctor the next morning, and he suggested I was “too young” for breast cancer. Normally, breast cancer screening was reserved for women 50 and older, however he sent me for a precautionary mammogram and ultrasound. I left the doctor’s office with very little concern and with the requisitions in hand. The mammogram was inconclusive because I have dense breasts, and the ultrasound was completed. The ultrasound technician let me know she was going to confirm the imaging showed everything the radiologist needed for his report. I didn’t think twice about him joining the technician to talk to me about what he saw. After all, that was the process in my two pregnancies, the last one being only two and half years before. Then he gave me unexpected news: he was very concerned with what he saw. A biopsy was completed the following week, as were a battery of other scans and tests.

Terry Fox School Run