Breast Cancer Experience

The night before the hunt I could not sleep. I was excited of the unknown like a child on Christmas Eve. I sent my two team members a text reminding them of the time and address of where we needed to meet. As I am getting ready I have so many questions running through my mind. “What should I wear?” “How many people will be there?” “What are some of the things we will have to do?” I decided to wear leggings, a tank top and a jacket since I knew they would be giving us shirts once we got there. Once I am all ready to go, I call my best friend who lives in condos a few blocks up from me to let her know that I am on my way to get her. Once I arrive to my best friend’s house she comes out and jumps in the car and starts asking me the same questions I was already thinking earlier. The beginning of the hunt takes place at an elementary school in Lewis Center, Oh. The school is …show more content…
This is only the sixth year of the hunt and I hope with time it gains more popularity. Even though we had a lot of fun, the main focus was to bring awareness to Inflammatory Breast Cancer, which is a very rare form of breast cancer that a lot of times go undetected because there are no real symptoms. A lot of women are initially told everything is fine because Inflammatory Breast Cancer does not show up on breast ultrasounds or mammograms. Being that I work in the imaging department at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, I had never heard of this particular type of breast cancer before. Being able to take part in this hunt and learn about a new cancer and bring awareness to it all at the same time was a bonus. I set a goal of collecting one hundred dollars worth of donations to help fund research. I was able to collect seventy dollars which I was still proud of because I had never participated in any type of race for the cure or walk where the goal was to collect donations for