I found a lump in my breast.
I actually had a dream the night before that I stepped out of the shower and looked in the mirror and my right breast was a strange shape. When I woke up, I jumped in the shower and just for kicks did a self-exam – and sure enough, there was a small lump in my right breast.
My first thought was a prayer lifted up silently to God: “Please don’t let this be cancer.”
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