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One of Life's Curve Balls I know on my Facebook page, this last Friday, I said I would let my followers know what was going on with me and the reason for my lack of recent blog posts. So let me just come out and say it: I have Breast Cancer.   It still feels weird to say those words. I had felt some pain in my right breast.  So of course I did what every sane and rational human being would do and I googled my symptoms.  According to what I read, breast pain is usually NOT associated with cancer. Plus at the time I thought there was no family history.(found out after my diagnosis a great aunt and second cousin had breast cancer)  The pain came and went but I decided I needed to get a physical anyway because I was so fatigued.  I scheduled my mammogram that I hadn't had in 3 years. I know, I know that was not a good thing to do.  After a mammogram and an ultrasound they said I had a  "mass that has the characteristics of cancer and...