Oh I can so relate with your post on so many levels. Undiagnosed lump for 12 months before it diagnosed. Problem is I found it 12 months earlier and it was diagnosed as just a cyst.....12 months on and after persisting a needle biopsy confirmed my worst fears. I also wondered was it ever cancer back then or really just a cyst? Or did I slip through the cracks.
Then, after BRCA2 diagnosis and full prophylactic hysterectomy I got my letter in the mail this week to remind me of my annual pap smear...I also giggled and joked about it to my husband but also felt a bit sad as it reminded me of the hell I have been through over the past 12 months with surgery upon surgery and all the side affects of my treatments.
And so life goes, and little things remind us, and we sigh and think "Gosh, I am so happy that I am still here, able to write this, able to laugh about that".
hugs to you Jane. From someone who totally gets it x