Breast Cancer Lump- The Breast Cancer Chronicles Part 1
I can see it so clearly in my mind, as if it was yesterday. My mother passed away of breast cancer the day after Thanksgiving in 2005. I still remember the call I got from my aunt as my sister and I left the hospital to get some rest. We were both exhausted from taking turns spending the night with my mom in the hospital. As we pulled into the driveway of the house, my aunt called to tell me my mom passed. Just a couple of nights before her passing, I recalled her waking up at 2 am and asking me to come over to her. She looked at me and said, “Darren, do you think I’m going to die?” I looked at her and quickly replied, “No you’re going to pull through this.” In hindsight, my mother knew she was going to die but she wanted to prepare me for it and that was her way of telling me. I later found out the cancer had metastasized into her liver and from there it spread throughout her entire body. It’s the hardest and saddest thing in the world to see someone you love without the breath of life within them. I had experienced the same thing a couple of years before with my cousin and it never gets any easier no matter how many times you go through it.
My mom and me
