I was persistent. I'd given myself over 100 exams over 10 years. I knew this lump wasn't there in February and should not have been there in March. Eckerman reported that Noland-Matthews had cancer. She had a mastectomy a year ago and appears to be cancer free.
Women learn what a lump feels like.
It's like going over the same road to work every day. If you go over a pothole that wasn't there before, you know it. I just thoroughly believe if I had not been through the B.E.S.T. program, I might have waited those six months, Noland-Matthews said. Now she said that she insists all her friends sign up for the B.E.S.T. program, and she reminds them to do monthly self-exams. She has made sure we don't forget to do it, and how to do it correctly.