I FOUND A LUMP

It all began on July 20th when I discovered a lump in my right breast. It's one of those moments in time one will never forget. The main thing I remember was how hot it was in the house because our A/C was broken. When I saw my OB/GYN a few days later she was positive it was a cyst because my lump was soft and moveable and sent me to have a mammogram that same day.

This where I learned my first valuable lesson. The mammogram showed absolutely nothing! I had been warned through the years that I had very dense breasts, but I never worried trusting the technology and my doctors. So they had to do an ultrasound where it showed a black round shape confirming my lump was not a cyst but a tumor. That was not what I wanted to hear, but the radiologist told me that only 15% of these end up being cancer.

My doctor recommended a breast surgeon, but the soonest she could see me was August 11th. I decided not to tell anybody about this except my husband. Why add worries when there was nothing anyone could do. I felt I'd rather wait to see if it was a problem or not. I did a pretty good job of letting go for the 3 weeks knowing I had done my part.

The doctor reacted like everyone else saying it was probably benign. She told me the lumps she worried about were opposite of mine; hard and not moveable. I was beginning to breathe easier for the first time. She performed a core biopsy a week later which was very fast and not too painful. She took three samples of tissue telling me that it would take about 5 days to a week to get the results.