So... Huh...
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lydamorehouse As you know, Bob, I have been catching up on my medical stuff. I went in for a mammogram on Tuesday. I got a call yesterday that I was SORT of expecting, but also wasn't.
My right breast likes to develop fibrous growths. I have gone through this whole dance twice already where, either I or the mammogram find a suspicious lump. My doctors FREAK OUT, I have a lumpectomy, and everything is benign. So, I am very rarely freaked when I get a call the day after I have a mammogram with an URGENT request to have further tests done.
However, this time they found things in my left breast that they weren't expecting. My lymph nodes were swollen (likely to do with the fact that I just got two vaccines a matter of days ago, so.... mmm, moderate concern,) and also something they called "asymmetry," which Googling tells me also could be benign, but this is a new diagnosis for me and, as such, has me Googling, for one... which, you know five minutes on Google is a precursor to mild freaking out.
But, like, they were calling because they wanted to schedule more tests to get more information ASAP, so I am going to United for a much more thorough look-see this up-coming Tuesday. Given my history, I am trying to tamp down on the impulse to worry, but, I mean, even when I have been the one to find the lump, there is still always a part of my hindbrain that is wondering if THIS TIME it might be cancer.
It doesn't help that my breasts have been more sensitive lately. I have been chalking that up to menopause? But, now I'm like OH FUCK WHAT IF.
So, that's kind of been me for the last 24 hours.
Boo.
My right breast likes to develop fibrous growths. I have gone through this whole dance twice already where, either I or the mammogram find a suspicious lump. My doctors FREAK OUT, I have a lumpectomy, and everything is benign. So, I am very rarely freaked when I get a call the day after I have a mammogram with an URGENT request to have further tests done.
However, this time they found things in my left breast that they weren't expecting. My lymph nodes were swollen (likely to do with the fact that I just got two vaccines a matter of days ago, so.... mmm, moderate concern,) and also something they called "asymmetry," which Googling tells me also could be benign, but this is a new diagnosis for me and, as such, has me Googling, for one... which, you know five minutes on Google is a precursor to mild freaking out.
But, like, they were calling because they wanted to schedule more tests to get more information ASAP, so I am going to United for a much more thorough look-see this up-coming Tuesday. Given my history, I am trying to tamp down on the impulse to worry, but, I mean, even when I have been the one to find the lump, there is still always a part of my hindbrain that is wondering if THIS TIME it might be cancer.
It doesn't help that my breasts have been more sensitive lately. I have been chalking that up to menopause? But, now I'm like OH FUCK WHAT IF.
So, that's kind of been me for the last 24 hours.
Boo.
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