{"id":1714,"date":"2014-09-30T12:41:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T19:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turning-heads.org\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2014-09-30T12:55:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T19:55:56","slug":"deborah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turning-heads.org\/deborah\/","title":{"rendered":"Deborah"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s yearly check up time and the doctor schedules me for a Mammogram. \u00a0Of course I say yes and quickly go home and cancel the appointment. \u00a0I don’t think they are really worth it. \u00a0Shortly after my chest starts itching insanely all day, all night. \u00a0I was telling my husband about it and he says \u201cYou should watch this commercial on breast cancer. \u201c \u00a0It was a zumba teacher talking about what I was experiencing. She had a mammogram and they found breast cancer. \u00a0I called the doctor back and rescheduled a mammogram. \u00a0As soon as they did the mammogram and ultra sound, the itching stopped. (I felt it was a divine intervention from my deceased father, who knew how stubborn I was) well it worked. No one else has ever seen the commercial but my husband and I. \u00a0It doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n

On June 9, 2014 my life went from perfect to what just happened? I entered the hospital and had a total mastectomy and reconstruction. \u00a0I realized my life would never be the same. Frightened but never alone, the love of my life and husband, Dean and as my grandson son said as my husband cut my hair – its only hair Bama, it will grow back. became my everything. He started out having to be my hairdresser, putting in the curlers and combing out the style, dressing me and cleaning the fluid from the tubes 3 times a day. \u00a0Next, hair is falling out and he becomes my barber! \u00a0Our nine-year-old grandson, Pierce came over to video the experience. \u00a0As tears rolled down our eyes he reminded us \u201cBammy its only hair\u201d. \u00a0From that moment on, the newly purchased wigs were put away. \u00a0We need to feel proud of how we fight to exist and help those who need extra strength. \u00a0We are not ugly because we have cancer, but special because we find a new purpose in our life. \u00a0I realized I needed to be a fighter for our two sons, Blair and Kelly and his wife Sabine who Is like our only daughter. They blessed us with five grandchildren and one great grandchild. \u00a0They bring the sunshine.<\/p>\n

I have been blessed with incredible friends, who showered me with cards everyday for four months. They helped me realize there would be a rainbow and they would be there to share it with me.<\/p>\n

Am I afraid of cancer? Yes, but God has new plan for me and I\u2019m willing to assist.<\/p>\n

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