FNA-not good.

I debated about blogging about this.

About a week ago I found a mass in my right breast. I saw my gyno who believed I may have banged it somehow and the trauma would have resulted in a mass.  She wanted me to see a breast specialist as a precaution.  I saw one today.

The bs (breast specialist) seemed to think the mass was caused by a trauma as well.  Part of her thinking on this, was the fact that I also had a bruise on my breast.  I think (and still do) that the bruise was caused by my "worrying" over the mass.  I spend a lot of time kneading it to determine if it was indeed something to be concerned about. The bs didn't believe this and neither did my gyno. For one thing the bruise looked old and that  I couldn't have done this to myself.  The bs grilled me about what I could have possibly done.  Had I been in a car accident?  Had I fallen?  Do I have pets, have they jumped on me? 

The only trauma I could possibly think of was carrying my new bicycle up two stories.  It's quite possible  that at  some point, without realizing it I banged my boob while foisting it up the stairs. 

She did a sonogram and the mass was obvious.  She then did a FNA (fine needle aspiration) as (I thought at the time anyway) as a pre-caution.  They were able to look at the results on site so I sat in the chair with an alcohol pad and waited. 

I felt a little relieved.  I had been stressed about it all weekend and quite frankly I was getting a little frightened.

The bs took a while to come back.

..and when she did she did not look happy. 

The results were suspicious and she wants to do a core biopsy on Thursday.

Panic is how I feel of course.  My concern was how urgent it all seemed.  She wanted me to go straight to  radiology, she even hinted at a body MRI.  She held up the film and said if this is cancer, you've had it a long time. 

So now I wait.

It's going to be a long week.

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[Exchequer]

may god bless you...i hope this turns out ok for you...stay strong this week...