Peacock Feather

[Happyrosie]

I want to share something that happened to me six years ago today. I was reminded about it when, just now while it was raining, I was having a good sort out of my treasured possessions, one of which is a peacock feather. What? Relevance? Here goes.

Six years ago today I had a pain in my left breast, with some inflammation. I rang the GP's surgery and was able to get an appointment the same day, was examined, given antibiotics and that was that. As I was saying goodbye to the doctor he said - "I think I will refer you to the beast clinic - you will get an appointment within two weeks". A bit of a surprise. Went to the hospital, was seen by a breast specialist who examined me very thoroughly - both sides - and said everything seemed fine but a mammogram would be a good idea (I had had a clear mammogram as an over-fifty woman 12 months previously).

The day of my mammogram my husband and I took our then seven-year-old granddaughter to a local park where they have peacocks. I was so pleased to be able to pick up a discarded peacock feather. Then along to the mammography. I phoned the hospital to get the result. "Make an urgent appointment" I was told. There was a satsuma-sized cancerous growth in the OTHER breast!

I've since read that having a peacock feather in the house is unlucky.

Was having the feather lucky or unlucky? What do you think?

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Hi, interesting post and one that I can empathise with but I would like to add that I am not usually into 'old wives tales' etc...

April/may 2015 I went to a large car boot sale at a racecourse with my husband and our then 9 year old daughter. I left my husband to go round whilst my daughter and I headed off at our own pace, we came across a lady with a stall of beautiful jewellery, mainly costume, very decorative etc...we got chatting to the lady and as kids do my daughter was pointing out which items she thought were pretty, the colours etc...anyway as we were about to move on the lady offered my daughter a broach which was a peacock, I really didn't want to accept it particularly as she had just been telling us that peacocks were deemed unlucky! However I didn't want to appear ungrateful/rude and my daughter clearly liked it.

A few months later in july I found a lump in my breast and my woes with this disease began. Needless to say within a few weeks of diagnosis we got rid of the broach!