Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I know I am a little late with this, but it is very important to talk about.  My mom was diagnosed on August 8, 2008.  She is a breast cancer survivor now.  

Earlier this month, I went to get my first mammogram.  Not because anything was found, but because I felt it was time due to my family history.  I was reading an article in the Better Homes & Garden magazine.  The October issue.  This is the issue.  I went into my gyn office asking about getting tested for the BRCA-1 gene, but instead I was scheduled for a mammogram.


The mammogram went well.  I was told that since it was my first one & there was nothing to compare it to, I could be called back for more scans.  

I was called back for more scans.  I was told on the phone that I could need an ultrasound, too.   I got the mammogram done.  I sat in this small waiting room, thinking the worse.  I was told I had to have an ultrasound.  The technician finished her scans then said she had to get the radiologist.  She said it was routine.   The radiologist did some more scans, too.  She asked the technician "Did you find this one, too?"  That is when I started to freak out just a bit.  My luck that my first mammogram they find something!!

I was told that they found 2 nodules in my right breast.  A small one & a little larger one.  I was given 2 things I could do:

1. Wait 6 months & redo a mammogram

2. Do a biopsy

I choose option #2.  I could not wait for 6 months worrying.  This way we would know.  The biopsy was not that bad.  I have been through worse.  The doctor said she thinks it is fatty tissue, the nodule would not stay still, which is a good sign, & not to worry.  I am bruise in the area where the biopsy was at.  Lifting my right arm hurts.  I can not carry anything on that arm/shoulder for 24 hours so the biopsy spot does not bleed.  Try not to carry your purse on that shoulder.  It is the only side I do.


I got my results back---------->BENIGN!!  YEA!! HAPPY DANCE!

Early detection is the key.  I was also told that keep getting them every year.  Don't skip a year.  They compare them every time.  Having them every year is better then every other year.

Mel