On May 30th I had what I thought was going to be a routine physical. I would get my heart, ears, and eyes checked. Have my blood drawn for the usual lab work to test for cholesterol, vitamin deficiencies, thyroid, STDs, etc. I also was having my annual Pap smear and breast exam. Check on some skin stuff I had questions about.
But as my primary was doing the breast exam, she exclaimed to me that she felt a small lump on the outer side of my left breast. She asked me if I had noticed this before. Uhh, no!! I don't routinely do self-check breast exams as they show you. But I do feel my breasts often enough to have an idea if I feel something odd, and HONESTLY, I NEVER did. I was freaking out! She said to me, I am going to send you to have a mammogram, it could be ANYTHING, a cyst, fibrous tissue, and even for me a Neurofibroma (a non-cancerous tumor related to my Neurofibromatosis.) I kept saying to myself, Please don't let this be cancer, please don't let this be cancer.....
I called for the Mammogram and it was scheduled for June 7, 2012, almost a week later. Praying, trying to think positive to the mammogram.
