1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:01,700 --> 00:00:05,510 we tried 3 00:00:05,510 --> 00:00:09,020 really hard for it to not affect our 4 00:00:09,020 --> 00:00:12,300 kids . They have no idea . And we don't , 5 00:00:12,310 --> 00:00:14,421 we never told them anything was wrong 6 00:00:14,421 --> 00:00:16,820 with me whenever I had surgery . It was 7 00:00:16,820 --> 00:00:20,400 just you know , I got hurt whenever my 8 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,410 hair fell out , we told them that I 9 00:00:23,410 --> 00:00:26,280 fell asleep with gum in my hair . So I 10 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,390 was diagnosed with I . D . C . 11 00:00:29,750 --> 00:00:33,690 Um invasive ductal carcinoma was august 12 00:00:33,690 --> 00:00:37,320 of 2021 . I was deployed 13 00:00:37,330 --> 00:00:40,910 to CUBA . So whenever I found the lump 14 00:00:40,910 --> 00:00:42,966 it was like oh it's probably nothing 15 00:00:42,966 --> 00:00:45,560 because I'm young and I don't have any 16 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:49,010 family history and I'm active and I'm 17 00:00:49,010 --> 00:00:51,121 healthy and there's no way this could 18 00:00:51,121 --> 00:00:54,340 happen to me . I think back 19 00:00:54,340 --> 00:00:57,490 about the major that was in CUBA with 20 00:00:57,490 --> 00:01:00,260 me and if it wasn't for her urging me 21 00:01:00,260 --> 00:01:04,110 to get it checked out then you know , I 22 00:01:04,110 --> 00:01:06,460 might not be sitting here when you 23 00:01:06,460 --> 00:01:08,127 think of getting cancer . You 24 00:01:08,127 --> 00:01:10,349 automatically think like , well this is 25 00:01:10,349 --> 00:01:12,800 it . I just remember thinking , you 26 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,940 know , I hope that I can make it long 27 00:01:15,940 --> 00:01:18,170 enough to watch my kids go to school 28 00:01:18,180 --> 00:01:22,150 before I deployed , we had 29 00:01:22,150 --> 00:01:25,250 talked about having a third baby and 30 00:01:25,250 --> 00:01:28,900 before I had chemo they asked me if I 31 00:01:28,900 --> 00:01:32,640 wanted to do IVF or egg retrieval that 32 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,120 way we could have more kids . But I 33 00:01:36,130 --> 00:01:38,930 um I opted not to do that because I at 34 00:01:38,930 --> 00:01:41,350 that point I just wanted to do the 35 00:01:41,350 --> 00:01:43,461 chemo , I didn't want to have to wait 36 00:01:43,461 --> 00:01:45,517 any longer and I wanted to make sure 37 00:01:45,517 --> 00:01:47,900 that I was here for my other two kids 38 00:01:47,910 --> 00:01:50,660 instead of trying to have a third kid 39 00:01:50,670 --> 00:01:52,870 that my husband could potentially be 40 00:01:52,870 --> 00:01:55,380 left , you know , without a spouse , 41 00:01:55,810 --> 00:01:57,977 that's probably the biggest thing that 42 00:01:57,977 --> 00:02:01,480 it's taken away from me . I hope one 43 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,470 day when they look back and they 44 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:07,647 realized what was actually happening , 45 00:02:07,647 --> 00:02:10,420 I hope that they can at least , you 46 00:02:10,420 --> 00:02:13,310 know , say that they were proud of us 47 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,920 for what , you know , for having the 48 00:02:15,920 --> 00:02:17,920 strength to go through what we went 49 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:20,470 through and to make sure that it didn't 50 00:02:20,470 --> 00:02:22,192 change anything in their lives 51 00:02:31,270 --> 00:02:34,210 three times 3 times okay .