My interest in breast cancer and the effects of Healing Touch on the side effects of surgery and chemotherapy became personal when a mammogram indicated suspicious changes in my breast and I had a lumpectomy (three nodes) for biopsy. I had never had any surgeries and became acutely aware of the fear of the unknown and the possibility of pain and surgery side effects. Like many, I didn’t have to face these possibilities alone; I was blessed with a supportive husband and a very