Rewinding slightly.

So today I will start by rewinding the story a bit so you will all know how this came about.  Well, about a year and a half ago I had my first mammogram. I was a year overdue, but since my mother had just undergone a mastectomy for breast cancer (not genetically related due to her age) I finally got up the courage to go.  Lots of women say that mammograms hurt, I didn't find this to be a problem for me.  Well, after my first "Panini" as a I call it now I got a postcard in the mail.  Now, usually postcards are great! They show someplace fun and exciting that friends or family are visiting that I would like to go to.  This was not the case.  My postcard informed me that my Panini found something "different" and I needed to visit the radiology center again.  What?  I would have much rather visited Hawaii or the mountains. Well after this trip the radiologist came in the room and told me I needed biopsies. Ewwwww, Yucckkk, Owwwwww!!!

Knowing what my mother had gone through I decided to go big time and see a Breast surgeon right away for the biopsies.  After a few weeks of worry, one Core needle biopsy and one fine aspiration needle biopsy, the good news, I have DENSE breasts!!! I never thought they were exceptional, but dense??  This just meant that I may from time to time have small cysts and benign tumors in my breasts that need to be checked out.  I found out that one was a fibroadenoma the other was just a regular cyst.  I also found out that I did not like this Breast surgeon, I like to say "I did not feel the love".  I was told I would have to go for Paninis and ultrasounds every six months now, just to keep and eye on things.

Fast Forward (just read this part really fast)

Six months later, Panini and ultrasound, this turned out just fine. One year later Panini and ultrasound, just fine again. Yeah!!!

Here and now

So after that brief history, we come to only about six weeks ago.  I was feeling myself up in the shower (my husband missed this, too bad for him) when I felt a bump.  Well I messed around with it for a while and figured well it must be nothing again, maybe we will see if it changes with my time of the month.  After a couple of weeks, I realized this was not going to change. Since it was nearing time for my Panini again I figured I could just get it over and everything would be fine again, I was mistaken.

Next time on "The BREAST times of my life", Beth will encounter the gripping claws of the Panini machine once again and the path to finding a new surgeon will turn up a new friend.