I want to share with you some life changing news that I received recently. I debated making this public, but I think it’s healthier to release this rather than let it consume me. I hadn’t had a mammogram in about 5 years, but about 3 months ago I started experiencing burning pain in my right breast and thought it was probably nothing and would go away. When it didn’t, I then noticed a small lump. Thinking this might be a cyst, I made an appointment to have it checked out. On October 23rd, I got a mammogram with an ultrasound. They found the lump I was feeling and after their evaluation of the images, I was told I needed to return for a biopsy. On November 5th, I went in for the biopsy. A week later on November 12th, I received the phone call that it was cancer. I was shocked! How could this be? Everything I had learned told me that cancer doesn’t present with pain! Did she really just call it cancer? Dang it! They didn’t have all the test results yet. The results that tell me what kind it is and treatment plan options so I had to wait. She told me what to hope for and that many doctors would be teaming up to treat this. On November 18th I had an appointment with my PA and she asked if I had gotten my mammogram yet. I was shocked. She didn’t know. No one had sent her the results! Now I have to tell her! She took the news worse than I did….mostly because I was the one telling her and that was just unacceptable. She immediately sent a referral to a surgeon. After several calls, the surgeon’s office asked me to come in on November 27th….the day before Thanksgiving. I’ll never forget that day. All the news I didn’t want to hear, was all I received during that appointment. She had the results from the second set of tests and it wasn’t good. I was officially diagnosed with stage 2 triple negative invasive ductal carcinoma. The value given to the maturity of my cancer cells was extremely high, over 90%. This means it’s fast, well formed, and aggressive. Double dang it! So here we are. The plan is chemo, mastectomy, maybe radiation, and reconstructive surgery. This is going to be a long road and I will probably be sharing as much as I can. The good and the bad! Why? Because I feel very strongly that someone in my friends list may need to see this. I encourage all of you to get your mammograms every year, get a genetic test if this runs in your family, support and encourage your wives, moms, sisters, daughters, and girlfriends to get their mammograms as well. If you believe in the power of prayer, my family and I could use the generosity of your prayers so that we may have the grace and peace needed for the best outcome. 🩷 I have created, and I am sharing, this page for anyone who would like to help us in other ways as well. The chemo will become harder and harder for me to care for my family and my home. I share this page with all of you for updates as well as personal and family requests. #saveferris #warrior #breastcancerawareness