Anninversary - what is the date?

Interesting question. I guess most people use their diagnosis confirmation date as their anniversary date. But it is maybe not as significant as other dates for some people. For me I guess in many ways the most significant date was the day I found the lump. Somehow I just knew it was serious even before I saw the doctor. Then there was the morning I got the phone call from the GP's nurse to say the doctor wanted to see me that morning rather than at my appointment in 2 days time. I had had blood tests and other tests as well as the mammogram but I knew it would be the mammogram that was the problem! I'll never forget hearing her say the words "suspicious of malignancy". Then there were the words of the breast surgeon after she had done the biopsy, "I'm really sure that it is cancer, if the tests come back negative I'll think there is something wrong with the test, not that you don't have cancer". It was almost insignificant when she called with the official pathology confirmation a few days later. We were well on the way to preparing for surgery by then. There are so many things that stand out as important when you think back but I guess most people stick with that official diagnosis date. As far as the doctors are concerned that will be treated as the official anniversary date I would think. Deanne