Julie Stauffer

Oh Karen,

Good thoughts to you. I know this is a very emotional and tense time.
While I have not had a lump found, I have had a couple of life threatening
medical issues and my 2yo son has a life threatening illness. The first
time around, nothing much helped me. I was a mess. I came very close to
bleeding to death and was aware of it at the time. I expected to be
terrified but I was very calm, almost analytical (probably shock). But I
found that to be very comforting the second time around. I new that if
worse came to worse, I wouldn't be scared and I know that my son wouldn't
have to be scared either.

I'm also a fairly spiritual person and I found that to be a help.

Julie