Gaila’s Breast Cancer
A friend connected me with a friend who had just been diagnosed with Breast Cancer.
![The-Regulars](http://janabirchum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Waiting-for-the-Diagnosis.jpg)
Gaila received her diagnosis a few days before I began joining her at the medical appointments. Here she waits on the results of her mammogram.
![Working-the-Corner](http://janabirchum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/X-RAYS.jpg)
Gaila submits to a battery of tests, including X-Rays, an MRI, and a host of blood tests.
![MRI Bone Scan](http://janabirchum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Bone-ScanA.jpg)
MRI
![After the Mastectomy, First Sight](http://janabirchum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/First-Sight.jpg)
Gaila chose to have a mastectomy, then forgo further Western medical treatment. Her family looks on after the bandages are removed.
![After the Mastectomy, Checking the Wound](http://janabirchum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/After-the-Masectomy.jpg)
Gaila's surgeon removes the bandages from her mastectomy to check the wound.
![Playing Around with a Prosthesis](http://janabirchum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/PROSTHESIS.jpg)
Gaila strove to keep her sense of humor, here playing around with a breast prosthesis
![The Family](http://janabirchum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/The-Family.jpg)
The Family: Mother, Daughter, Granddaughter