An update on my cancer scare
At the end of May I had a mammogram. It had been 2 years since my last one. But this one came back with "irregularities" that required further testing. So, two weeks later, I get two more mammograms & an ultrasound of both breasts. They tell me I have 2 masses in my left breast - one is a cyst, the other is not. And I have a mass in the right breast - also not a cyst. Next step... biopsy. The following week, I get the biopsy of the right breast, which has the bigger mass. This whole time I was sick from worry & stress. I was so tense during the bioposy that I threw my back out from it. The following day, between the pain in my breast & the pain in my back, I could barely move. 2 days after the biopsy, I get the good news, "it's benign". I am grateful for that. I'm still recovering from the biopsy & probably will be for a few more weeks, but at least I can stop fearing the worst & just focus on getting better. I have to keep reminding myself that I'm not a wuss. I basically had surgery on my breast & it has to heal. The pain is real & normal under the circumstances. Funny how you have to remind yourself of stuff like that sometimes.