Brief synopsis of the difficult life event that you experienced: I had breast cancer, and you’d think that wouldn’t be so shocking since about 1 in 8 women get it. But I was young (34 at the time of diagnosis), and the common perception back in 2004, when I found a lump in my left breast while washing in the shower, was that “young women don’t get breast cancer.” The OB/GYN who felt the lump after I’d discovered it told me I...