BREAST CANCER.....

I WAS WAITING for the doctor to come into the room and begin the surgery....

It was confirmed that I had skin cancer and the doctors found it early. They covered my head and face with sheets leaving only the area of my forehead to be worked on exposed. When all was said and done, I left with 12 stitches and a big lump on my head. This all happened last year and now you really can't even see the area from which the skin cancer was removed...

THIS IS breast cancer awareness month and it hits close to home. Our very dear friend in Charlotte NC received the news that she, at 40 years old, had breast cancer. This wonderful young woman decided to take the route of having a double mastectomy and now she has received the all clear...cancer free.

MY STEPMOTHER was not as fortunate as our dear friend here in Charlotte NC. She lost her battle with breast cancer and her story has been experienced by far too many young women in the world. An estimated 2.4 million women in the United States were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer on average in the USA.

PLEASE BE ACTIVE in the fight against breast cancer and encourage all the women in your life to be tested on a regular basis. If at all possible, please participate in a fund raising event for breast cancer and/or donate to the cause. There are too many new cases of this desease all around us and we need to do all we can to learn...and fight.

God Bless you,

Rodney