How my lump was discovered.

Since we are child free tonight , and I am feeling a bit better, I decided now is a good time to post. I had 5 hours of dental work done today while under sedation . Yes you read correctly ,  Under sedation , I am such a wuss when going to the dentist, and he was not comfortable, with attempting to do any fillings or such like with me being awake and for good reason, the last time I had gone in to have a simple filling done, He numbed my gums, put my chair back into the "relaxed" position ,adjusted the light and I freaked out ( hyperventilated to be technically correct ) and almost fainted on the poor fellow. Gave him a scare and me , well I walked out without any dental work done and lots of humble pie to chew on for awhile. This was by far , my best dental experience ever. Just knock me out and wake me up when everything is taken care of.

                     
                                 The Lump

It all begun unraveling back in March,2012 when I went to my annual ladies visit to my highly admired OB-gyn, she did all the normal stuff that goes along with the exam and in the process found what she was certain was a lump in my right breast . And than she asked THE QUESTION " Are you examining your breasts on a regular basis?" " No", was my reply . I mean my breasts are like totally lumpy , the few times I did try , everything felt like lumps .But as an aside , now that I know how an actual lump feels I want to share this with you my lady friends , so you can be on guard, my lump felt small and very hard, think frozen pea , it does not move when you palpitate it, I had no pain or any other symptoms at any time with my lump.

After receiving a well deserved scolding and pep talk from aforementioned doc. I was scheduled for a mammogram and ultrasound 2 days later. Findings came back as the lump is something to keep watched, there were no tentacles or fingers as some people call it, nor rough, jagged edges( both normally but not always signs of cancer ) rather my lump looked like an oval shaped stone. The radiologist recommended a 4 mo follow up ultrasound ( a mammo will only detect that there is a growth/lump, whereas with ultrasounds , they can take measurements and get a much more in depth look at what is happening) My lump had not grown in size so the radiologist deemed the lump as 95% benign ( noncancerous) and recommended a 6 month follow up ultrasound, which would have been in Jan '13. BUT since my regular OB-gyn was out of country at the time, her partner took a look at my records and was not comfortable with waiting 6 mo for another ultrasound and referred me to a local surgeon to discuss my options and get her educated opinion.