So, this past Friday I find a lump in my breast. Coincidentally, I already had a doctor's appointment for today, Monday, and they had already scheduled a mammogram, which they do automatically when you turn 40, which I just did in June. So I go in, tell them about the newly-discovered lump, tell my doctor, they also do an ultrasound......long story short, they all seemed very alarmed. My dr. was basically sure it wasn't a cyst (no liquid, feels hard), and the guy who looks at the ultrasound results said it was a "suspicious mass" with "ragged edges" (I forget the exact term he used) and they're trying to get me into see the surgeon as soon as possible.
So - of course I try to look up info on the internet about all this stuff, and of course when I try to look up stuff on whether a lump is always cancer, I get all this stuff about "no, it's probably just a cyst." Which it almost certainly isn't. So are there any options other than cancer? I talked to a friend tonight and she asked me if any of the doctors said something along the lines of "oh, don't worry, it might just be such-and-such", and I realized they hadn't.
Obviously I'm going back to the/a doctor as soon as possible, but in the meantime - should I be as freaked out as I am? Because I am. So if anyone has any words of encouragement or hopeful stories or whatever, that would be really helpful right now. :-)
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So - of course I try to look up info on the internet about all this stuff, and of course when I try to look up stuff on whether a lump is always cancer, I get all this stuff about "no, it's probably just a cyst." Which it almost certainly isn't. So are there any options other than cancer? I talked to a friend tonight and she asked me if any of the doctors said something along the lines of "oh, don't worry, it might just be such-and-such", and I realized they hadn't.
Obviously I'm going back to the/a doctor as soon as possible, but in the meantime - should I be as freaked out as I am? Because I am. So if anyone has any words of encouragement or hopeful stories or whatever, that would be really helpful right now. :-)
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