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Robbie Motter
KEEPING A POSITIVE MINDSET WHEN WE GET BAD NEWS CAN HELP US GET THROUGH ANYTHING! by Robbie Motter I remember the day I got a call from my doctors’ office after I had a breast ultrasound and a biopsy asking me to come into the office. I had a terrible feeling that the news was not going to be great. I showed up for the appointment and was in the room when my doctor came in; she walked over to me and hugged me. Then she told me that I had Breast Cancer. I cried, and she continued hugging me. She told me it was in the early stage, and it would all be okay. I was sad when I left, and usually, I am more of a holistic medicine person, but I told myself I did not have time for this, and whatever I had to do, I would do and get rid of it, so I had the surgery and had the 18 Informed People Magazine
left breast removed so I am now eight years cancerfree. At the time of my surgery, I was the President of a Women’s Club in my town, and so two days after I had my breast removed, I tied the tubes and ran a board meeting. Everyone was shocked to see me since I just had surgery, but I said I have a responsibility to the group; I take my job seriously. I also looked at the positive side of things. My doctor does not just believe in mammograms. She had an ultrasound done, and that’s where it showed up. It was near the breast bone and probably would not have shown up on a mammogram for a long time. I would have been in greater danger if it had
