SHE HAS BEEN MY COMPANION SINCE I BOUGHT HER AT THE FLEA MARKET , FOR $80.00 DOLLARS. MY HUSBAND SAID IT COST AS MUCH AS IT DID FOR US TO PLAY BINGO SO THAT'S WHAT WE NAMED HER.

WE GOT HER IN MAY 1999, THE NEXT APRIL OF 2000, SHE WAS ONE YEAR OLD AND STILL A BIG BABY ( PUPPY). SHE ALWAYS SAT BESIDE ME IN MY CHAIR OR ON MY LAP.

ONE DAY SHE CRAWLED UP ON MY CHEST AND LAYED ON MY RIGHT BREAST, SHE KIND OF NUSSELED HER HEAD DOWN AND LAYED THERE AND WHINED. I TRIED TO MOVE HER AND SHE WOULDN'T BE MOVED.

I WAS TALKING TO HER AND PETTING HER AND I BRUSHED MY HAND OVER MY BREAST AND I FELT A SMALL LUMP. I THOUGHT IT WAS A PIMPLE OR SOMETHING, SO I WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND LOOKED AND SAW NOTHING. AND I COULDN'T FEEL IT ANY MORE.

SHE DONE THIS AGAIN SEVERAL DAYS LATER AND I FELT IT AGAIN., SO I DECIDED TO GO GET A MAMOGRAM, I HADN'T HAD ONE FOR A WHILE.  SURE ENOUGH THEY FOUND A TUMOR IN MY RIGHT BREAST.

I HAD THE MAMOGRAM ON MONDAY, ON THURSDAY MY DOCTOR CALLED AND ASKED ME TO BE IN HIS OFFICE BY 10:30 AM. HE TOLD ME TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND PICK UP MY X -RAYS AND GO TO SEE A SURGEON (DR SMITH) AT 2:00 PM. HE LOOKED AT THE X-RAYS AND SAID WHEN DO YOU WANT TO DO A BIOPSY AND I SAID" HOW ABOUT TOMORROW ".AND WE DID.

ABOUT A WEEK LATER MY HUSBAND AND I WENT TO THE DOCTORS OFFICE AND HE TOLD ME I HAD BREAST CANCER.  A WEEK LATER HE DID A MASTECTOMY ON MY RIGHT BREAST. I TOOK CHEMO FOR 8 MONTHS, MY HAIR FELL OUT . WITH IN 6 MONTHS MY HAIR GREW BACK AND IT WAS FULL AND CURLY AND LOOKED GREAT FOR ONE YEAR AND THEN IT WENT STRAIGHT AND THIN.

TWO AND A HAFT YEARS AFTER MY "BINGO" FOUND MY CANCER, SHE STARTED DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. SHE WOULD LAY ON MY RIGHT BREAST ( WHAT"S LEFT) AND WHINED ,-- I AGAIN FOUND SOMETHING BUT IT WAS IN THE MUSCLE UP HIGHER WHEN I WOULD RAISE MY ARM UP IT WOULD BE ROUND, BUT WHEN I WOULD LAY MY ARM DOWN IT WOULD GO FLAT. I WATCHED THIS FOR 3 MONTHS BEFORE I SAID ANYTHING. AND OF COURSE IT WAS ANOTHER TUMOR AND CANCER

I HAD MY SURGERY NOV. 2002 AND HAD TO TAKE 33 RADIATION TREATMENTS. EVERYTHING WENT FINE UNTIL MY LAST 10 TREATMENTS AND I BURNT, BAD.--

BUT I AM ALIVE AND WELL AND IT IS BECAUSE OF MY BEAST FRIEND "'BINGO" I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ANYTHING WAS WRONG UNTIL IT WAS TOO, LATE.