Boobs On Ice™ : WUSA tv Meets My Frozen Pea Supporters

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For more information about the frozen pea phenomenon and the wonderful pea supporters see the Frozen Pea Fund Blog which includes a link to help to the American Cancer Society via the Frozen Pea Fund, links to images of the wonderful supportive PEAple who sport PEA themed images online, and ways you can get involved.

For information about breast cancer resources see the right columns of this blog.

Thanks to

Channel 9 WUSA for seeing the merit of this story and keeping at me until I did it;
anchor Anita Brikman and producer Lauren Vance who were fun to work with and easy to entertain;
Connie Reece, Cathleen Rittereiser, Chel Pixie, Ryan Karpeles and all the others who I don't even know about who work to make the peafund not only a surprise to me but an amazing success that is just gaining momentum;
Kate Reynolds and Erin Kotecki Vest who run interference for me, answer questions about and for me, make sure bases are covered and try to read my mind every day of the week;
Kathy Jacobs who worked to get permission to post the video and create the code to get it on the page (totally beyond my ability)
and to all the PEAple who upload their PEAvatars, knit for me, bake for me and send cards and goodies to show their support

Last, and often left out, thanks to Bill Reynolds who not only works hard managing Legum and Norman's DC area Community Management department so he can buy the peas, but came home and put them in a baggie for me in the first place.

About My Cancer

Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
My form of breast cancer is less common than others. In fact only about 6 to 8% of cases of breast cancer are the invasive form that is based in the lobules, not in the milk ducts.
Invasive, sometimes called Infiltrating, is a scary word. In most cases this form of breast cancer has been present for 8–10 years when detected by a mammogram or physical exam.
In my case there was clearly an area that felt thickened or dense on December 6, 2007. A mammogram the next afternoon was not able to detect it but it clearly appeared on ultrasound and was confirmed by multiple biopsies the same day.
During those 8 to 10 years the cancer took to become apparent to me, there has been plenty of opportunity for those invasive cells to get out of the breast and spread to the rest of the body.
It is after all, by definition, an invasive form of cancer.
Each year about 190 thousand women are diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in the US and about 40 thousand women will die of the disease. The larger the mass is when discovered the more risk. Mine had tentacled almost 5cm into the surrounding tissue and two other areas in the breast were discovered as well.
My chances of living another 10 years without cancer in another area are about 40%. The likelihood of one of my other underlying health conditions doing the job before that is 20%. it took a few months to get used to that idea.
Now though my attitude is that at least I know what I'm facing. It's just not what I expected. Life changes in an instant.

Boobs On Ice™

I wasn't supposed to be a candidate for breast cancer. And then I was diagnosed.

WUSA tv Meets My Frozen Pea Supporters

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