Nothing is more frightening for a woman than being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Except if it is finding out that your unborn child's life is in danger. Both of those things happened on the same day in October 1997 to Milwaukee Humana member Lisa Brzezinski. As women across the country recognize October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Brzezinski's experience is worth sharing not only as a breast cancer survivor but, as a member of a managed care company that helped her and her unborn baby survive. When first diagnosed, Brzezinski's physician told her the lump had to come out right away and assumed she would terminate her pregnancy. Brzezinski and her husband, Jeffrey, wanted to do as much as possible to protect their unborn baby.