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THE DAY MY LIFE
CHANGED FOREVER
ON JULY 26, 2021, MY LIFE CHANGED FOREVER . . .
BY LATOYA BOLDS-JOHNSON
I had felt a lump in my left breast
about a month prior. I really didn't
think anything of it after discovering
the lump. At the time, I had stopped
breastfeeding my one-year-old baby girl.
I always knew and assumed like most
other women that breastfeeding would
create lumpy breasts. I figured it was a
residual breastfeeding milk cyst. A couple
more weeks passed by, and I still felt
a lump and asked my husband to palpate
the area as well. He agreed that I should
get it checked out. About a week later,
I set up a virtual appointment and was
able to have a mammogram and sonogram
scheduled within a couple weeks.
The lump was mildly painful but firm.
I was always taught during medical
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his is the day I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was an
ordinary day like no other. I was working in the emergency
department on a 12-hour shift taking care of patients. You
see, I am a board-certified emergency medicine physician
assistant in clinical practice since 2012. I received the devastating
news of a cancer diagnosis by an email alert. I had been expecting
to receive a phone call with my biopsy results from a physician as I was
told by the radiologist a couple days beforehand.
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training that typically breast cancer
lumps are usually painless. As a result,
the mild pain sensation I felt when the
lump was touched added to my feelings
that this breast lump was benign in nature.
Leading up to the mammogram
appointment, I was somewhat nervous.
I was 36 years old and didn't expect to
have a mammogram for another four
years at a minimum. The experience of
having my first mammogram was not
the most pleasant feeling. Before the
mammogram even started, the technician
verified my age a couple of times
and went to the radiologist to discuss
if I still needed the mammogram. She
returned to the room and said, " The
radiologist doesn't feel you need to have
the mammogram yet because of your age
and I see here that you recently stopped
breastfeeding. We should just do the

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