Hi Diane!
What a day! I got to make an appointment with a nurse practioner nearby, this morning and she felt that the lump should be looked at, so I was immediately scheduled for an ultrasound. I went to a wonderful woman's specialty Breast wing at Mill's peninsula hospital nearby where I was convinced to have my first mammogram, as they have the really fancy cutting edge digital ones which are no worse for you than sitting in front of a computer screen!
I had the mammogram....that was SO not fun but could've been worse. The ultrasound wasn't bad at all. They could tell almost immediately that the lump I was concerned about was more than likely some kind of complicated cyst. The doctor encouraged me to have a punch biopsy. He said that I would have the results tomorrow. He DID say that there was a 90% chance that the lump was nothing but a cyst but wanted to make sure.
I feel so relieved. Everyone was very nice. Thanks for your wonderful advice and help too, Diane.
One thing that I found out is that if you have very dense tissue (especially if you are at the younger side of the mammogram crowd), that the mammogram shows very little. They said that for me, the mammogram looked perfect so it was the untrasound that really showed the lump I was worried about.
The biopsy was very painful and I am sitting here now with an ice pack on my boob! LOL
Though I am still a little concerned about going the traditional route, I feel good that no one pushed me into anything or made me feel bad about my "hippy dippy" concerns!
Thanks again!
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Hi Diane!
March 3, 2010 - 6:29pmWhat a day! I got to make an appointment with a nurse practioner nearby, this morning and she felt that the lump should be looked at, so I was immediately scheduled for an ultrasound. I went to a wonderful woman's specialty Breast wing at Mill's peninsula hospital nearby where I was convinced to have my first mammogram, as they have the really fancy cutting edge digital ones which are no worse for you than sitting in front of a computer screen!
I had the mammogram....that was SO not fun but could've been worse. The ultrasound wasn't bad at all. They could tell almost immediately that the lump I was concerned about was more than likely some kind of complicated cyst. The doctor encouraged me to have a punch biopsy. He said that I would have the results tomorrow. He DID say that there was a 90% chance that the lump was nothing but a cyst but wanted to make sure.
I feel so relieved. Everyone was very nice. Thanks for your wonderful advice and help too, Diane.
One thing that I found out is that if you have very dense tissue (especially if you are at the younger side of the mammogram crowd), that the mammogram shows very little. They said that for me, the mammogram looked perfect so it was the untrasound that really showed the lump I was worried about.
The biopsy was very painful and I am sitting here now with an ice pack on my boob! LOL
Though I am still a little concerned about going the traditional route, I feel good that no one pushed me into anything or made me feel bad about my "hippy dippy" concerns!
Thanks again!
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