While home with a cold 3 years ago I decided to give myself one of my monthly breast exams and found I had a lump on the side of my right breast. I had just had my mammogram 4 months prior which was clean. This was a Thursday and my doctor saw me the following Monday and my diagnosis was no later than Wednesday of that same week and then the ball began to roll. I had a lumpectomy and 30 rounds of radiation. I thank God for this because I truly enjoy and live life to the fullest while giving all honor and praise to God for being a survivor. Please continue to give yourself breast exams as well as your yearly mammogram. Remember to uplift and encourage each and every woman that you meet along this journey. PTL

Veronica Hilton
Bowie, MD