It has been exactly six weeks since I saw my surgeon for a mass in my breast. She wasn't too worried about it but she wanted to recheck it in six week. So here we are. I will say that the past six weeks have inched by very slowly. Sort of like my pregnancy, which seemed to last about two years. I have been very patient and, as you may have noticed, I haven't even mentioned it in awhile. But the lump is still there. It hasn't changed much but it hasn't gone away either.
No matter how rich or successful or good-looking you think you are, being a patient for a breast exam is a humbling experience. For one thing, you can dress up all you want, but in the end, there you are, sitting on the sterile exam room table wearing a paper gown. At least my pants looked nice.
So, the doc walks in, apologizes for her cold hands (that's ok, I reply. I could never do your job because my hands are always cold.), and proceeds to check out my boobs. At least this time she found the mass relatively easily. So I'm not crazy, anyway.
I still think it's fibrous tissue, she tells me. Are you at least 99% sure? I ask. Because I can take a 99% chance it's ok. Yes, she replies. But.... let's move up your breast MRI anyway. It looks like it's due in April, but we can shoot for February. In fact, the Piper Breast Center is opening a new breast MRI unit at Westhealth (where I was for my appointment) on February 1st. Sweet! I said. I can be their first patient!
So, that's the plan. I'm waiting to hear from the Brand New Westhealth Piper Center Breast MRI people to get scheduled.
I'll keep you posted. Because I know you are dying know all about my breast status.
