Robb, my thoughts and prayers go out to you and Steve and your wives. I'm following this thread and others on another site as my wife and I are currently going through the same thing as well, however we are behind your process. Already I/we have learned a bunch from what others before us that have gone through it and that's just what has been mentioned in your threads.
We are at the process where 2 lumps have been found and next step is biopsy/surgery on May 2nd. Three days after we will know the results. Cancer, specially breast cancer runs rampant in both sides of my wife?s family. As a result my wife gets 2 mammograms a year however that's not what found the lumps. Her doctor felt because of her age and her family history that we should do an ultrasound and then an MRI. These are what found and confirmed the lumps. I write this to add to your post that possible early detection for others out there, mammograms don't always find the earliest detection.
We don't know what we have yet, unlike you though we have been preparing for this for a few years. That doesn't make us any less scared, just maybe a little more mentally prepared for it. My wife?s mom is a breast cancer survivor. She has had others in the family not so lucky from years ago. Like others have mentioned things are not the way they used to be and we are counting on it. Thanks for reaching out and starting your threads, you have no idea how it has help us with some reassuring questions thoughts and feelings.
Steve, thanks for sharing that about not researching the internet, that might have been a route we would have looked into. Gods speed!
GBA