 Hi, I'm Cheryl Crowe and I am a singer-songwriter. I was first diagnosed 15 years ago from a routine mammogram, and I really didn't want to go to the appointment. I had a lot going on. It was Grammy's week. I had a lot of other personal things going on and really didn't want to make the time to do it. And I was encouraged by my gynecologist to not wait. And I was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer, invasive. I had cancer in both breasts, however, I only had to have a lumpectomy and radiation, which lasted six weeks. But I will say that my life is largely changed because of the moment of diagnosis. The biggest challenge for me was accepting the fact that I didn't have everything in control. You know, I always believed if I worked really hard, if I was a good person, that everything would follow suit. There are some instances where life teaches you a lesson, and that was definitely a moment for me, where I learned in cold, hard facts that I can't control anything. I had no family history. I was very fit, I was young, and yet I was diagnosed with breast cancer. So, yeah, I mean it was a moment of reality for me. I always tell people when you're diagnosed with cancer, it's not just your diagnosis everyone around you is diagnosed as well. Your family, your friends, your work people, and for me it wasn't just my diagnosis but it was the band and it was the crew and the fact that we were all off work and also it brings mortality into the forefront, which is not something that you generally think about and it made all of us think about it. We don't have a cure for cancer yet. There are lots of different kinds of cancer and yet we still don't have a cure for it. We've made such incredible strides in the medical world and we're able to detect cancer early, but you guys have to do your part and that show up to the appointment. Once you reach the age of having these exams for prostate for colonoscopy, for breast cancer, it's just really important that you follow up on these examinations because early detection will be your best weapon.