People See Me And Think I'm Pregnant. They're Shocked When I Tell Them The Heartbreaking Truth.

The author in 2019 after undergoing surgery for breast cancer.

“Congratulations. When are you due?” a woman asked me as I pumped gas. 

“Oh, I’m not,” I said. 

She gave me a confused look.

“I had breast cancer,” I told her. 

“Oh, my God! I’m so sorry,” she said, shocked. “God bless you.”

I’m not sure why I offered her an explanation. I think I was also in shock. That was the first time since I’d had a double mastectomy that someone mistook me for being pregnant.