Last year, well into my third year of recovery from male breast cancer, I discovered a small lump where a lump should not have been. Once again, my life took an unexpected path.

Like the first tumor, this one was discovered by accident, or by my assessment, divine intervention.

Spotting the lump

In August 2015, I was interviewed for a male breast cancer documentary. Toward the end of the filming, I was asked to remove...