Survivor Story: Mike Davis

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Mike Davis’ message is clear now.“Guys can get it too. Men can get breast cancer,’' Davis says. ”But if you think something’s not right, go have it checked.’’And so is his understanding of breast cancer, far advanced from when he went months ignoring a knot in his chest 14 years ago.“That knot began to itch,’' said Davis. ”And everywhere I went, I found myself just reaching up and scratching.’'Davis told his wife, who told her doctor, who was even more alarmed than she was.“They called me when I was at work and went ‘you need to come in. And you need to come in today.’ So, I did,’' said Davis ”I went in and sat down and I took off my shirt and he was kind of looking at my chest. He just kind of looked at me and said ‘I think I know what it is, in fact, I’m pretty sure.’ “And I said what? He said ‘I think it’s breast cancer.’ And I was literally like, what?’'Davis’ education of a disease that affects 99 women for every one man was just beginning, as were some comp