{"id":452,"date":"2009-03-06T16:10:14","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T22:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/?p=452"},"modified":"2009-03-06T16:10:14","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T22:10:14","slug":"men-get-breast-cancer-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/men-get-breast-cancer-too\/","title":{"rendered":"men get breast cancer too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>who knew?<\/p>\n<p>I found a lump in my breast back in November, and after a couple of months started getting a little worried that it wasn&#8217;t going away. A Doctor told me men get breast cancer too and I should have it checked out. (when the correct response, as every Costanza knows, is &#8220;Get outta here! Are you kidding?&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not easy to get checked out when you&#8217;re in a new place very week. But now that I&#8217;m settling in I got a mammogram, sonogram, and this morning a biopsy. When something is sore and tender, sticking a needle into it and rummaging around is not my first request (unlike a couple of people I know). It&#8217;s actually kinda funny. At least I&#8217;m laughing now.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s pretty sure it&#8217;s nothing, so I&#8217;m feeling a weight off my shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, it was a great experience in opening; surrendering. I decided my body is not my business, and what happens to it is out of my hands. Felt surprisingly calm (well &#8211; except for my screams of pain &#8211; just kidding \ud83d\ude09 as I opened up to whatever was supposed to happen.<\/p>\n<p>And &#8211; it makes any worries I had about business issues or the cat peeing on the cushions seem not so important.<\/p>\n<p>David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>who knew? I found a lump in my breast back in November, and after a couple of months started getting a little worried that it wasn&#8217;t going away. 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