{"id":146,"date":"2015-02-11T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimberleybarker.net\/2015\/02\/leaving-corporate-america-and-following-my-yellow-brick-road-part-2\/"},"modified":"2021-11-06T16:15:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T16:15:41","slug":"leaving-corporate-america-and-following-my-yellow-brick-road-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberleybarker.net\/2015\/02\/leaving-corporate-america-and-following-my-yellow-brick-road-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaving Corporate America and Following My Yellow Brick Road Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hi there everyone, well here is the second part to the story I started to share with you the other day. Thanks so much for reading. I do hope these blog posts inspire you to take a leap of faith to live your dreams, despite obstacles that might come your way. It is also my prayer that you will educate yourself about your healthcare, become a partner with the many wonderful medical professionals ,both alternative and conventional that this world has to offer. Lastly , be still, listen to your inner guidance. it will give you the answers you search for.<\/p>\n
And so my tests results came in.<\/p>\n
No cancer. But some type of cell abnormalities were found. My OB\/GYN physician wanted me to go
to a breast surgeon for further evaluation. I asked, why? I don’t have cancer , why on earth would I go to a breast surgeon? She felt that this put me at “high risk.” I thought to myself, high risk? Really? Because my Mom had breast cancer and there are a couple abnormalities found? I am not my Mother, we both have unique and beautiful bodies of our own, why does society try to put that belief system in our heads?<\/p>\n
I called the breast surgeon’s office and asked them what they would do for “further evaluation?” And the woman told me, well, we would perform a biopsy in the hospital. My response to her was: “I already had one and no cancer was detected, why would I need another one and what is the difference between the biopsy I just had and this one?” She stated that they would do an excision biopsy this time, just in case. “Just in case?” Really?” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. My instincts as someone who had been an Administrator in the Health Care Industry for over 20 years, said, ” well, that really seems like a waste of health care dollars.” And the personal side of me said that this made no sense at all! <\/p>\n
I knew this didn’t make any sense and intuitively I knew deep down inside myself that this was not the right course of action for me. I didn’t quite know why I had that feeling but I did, despite the fact that I was scared. Not scared that I was delivered some kind of death sentence, just scared because I took a leap of faith to leave my nicely paid corporate job to pursue my dreams and now I was going to have to address this.<\/p>\n
My friends and family all know how important being healthy is to me and that I will find a solution. However, I knew that solution was going to come with spending part of the money I had saved to live off of for the next few months. But, I know that taking care of me is the number one priority because nothing else is going to get done if I don’t.<\/p>\n
Once again, I went to my “go to strategy” and I asked that the results be faxed to me so that I could
begin to educate myself about what was truly going on.<\/p>\n
What Did the Results Say?<\/u><\/p>\n
Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia with microcalcifications.<\/p>\n
What Did I do? <\/u><\/p>\n
I started my research.<\/p>\n
Here is the definition from Wikipedia:<\/p>\n