IrishRose, I went through the month of mammograms, biopsies, doctor visits too. My surgery was the week before Thanksgiving. But I wasn't lucky enough to just have a lumpectomy. I went the whole route and had a double mastectomy, then had radiation, then reconstruction, then deconstruction because of an infection. It was a year of misery, but now I can look back on it as a lesson in strength and endurance. It has taught me that life is short and you had better make each day count.