Good news!
I wanted to share some good news with the board.
Warning Men.... this is a somewhat girly issue....
ok.... you were warned....
For those of you that DON'T know already, my OBGYN was concerned about to "hard as a rock" lumps at the tops of my breasts. I could tell he was EXTREMELY concerned and referred me for a mammogram and an appointment with the surgeon in the same day. (I knew it was because he thought it was something that would need to be removed immediately - although he did not actually SAY the words breast cancer.) I have had a lump removed previously a couple of years back.
I tried not to be TOO worried. My OBGYN admitted that he had never treated anyone who had lost that much weight and that it may just be nothing. (I had told him that it hadn't worried me even though I had been able to feel them also - because they were about the same size, in about the same spot on each side - that I had thought it was just the only real "boob meat" that I had left under all the fat that was now gone.) I mean really... what are the odds, even for me, that two tumors would show up in about the exact same size on each side? Then what are the odds that they would be cancerous? I just felt like the numbers were on my side with this one. Still... I won't deny being worried because HE had looked so worried.
So anyway, Wednesday I went for the mammogram and surgeon appointment. The mammogram showed NOTHING out of the ordinary. It was just fibrous breast tissue and nothing more.
The surgeon (who I believe is a wonderful surgeon, but a complete dumbass) said the lumps were ribs. (I would have asked for a second opinion if I hadn't already gotten the mammogram an hour before showing nothing.) The lumps were NOT just ribs. But by that time, I already knew it was breast tissue.
He sort of pissed me off too because he started talking about how people tend to gain all their weight back a few years after WLS. I interupted him and said that that would NOT be me because I am not getting lax in monitoring what I eat, etc. The only thing that kept me from getting LIVID at him running his mouth about WLS is that he runs his mouth about EVERYTHING. So it was not out of WLS prejudice that he ran his mouth about it. It is just his NATURE to run his mouth about EVERYTHING. What a dumbass.
In any event, I just wanted to let everyone know some good news. I don't have breast cancer. I just have super-saggy boobs that makes it LOOK like I have 2 tumors in the tops of my breasts because that is where my breasts really SHOULD be. That doesn't really sound like good news, so I'll end with the part that DOES sound good.
I don't have breast cancer.
Wen
Warning Men.... this is a somewhat girly issue....
ok.... you were warned....
For those of you that DON'T know already, my OBGYN was concerned about to "hard as a rock" lumps at the tops of my breasts. I could tell he was EXTREMELY concerned and referred me for a mammogram and an appointment with the surgeon in the same day. (I knew it was because he thought it was something that would need to be removed immediately - although he did not actually SAY the words breast cancer.) I have had a lump removed previously a couple of years back.
I tried not to be TOO worried. My OBGYN admitted that he had never treated anyone who had lost that much weight and that it may just be nothing. (I had told him that it hadn't worried me even though I had been able to feel them also - because they were about the same size, in about the same spot on each side - that I had thought it was just the only real "boob meat" that I had left under all the fat that was now gone.) I mean really... what are the odds, even for me, that two tumors would show up in about the exact same size on each side? Then what are the odds that they would be cancerous? I just felt like the numbers were on my side with this one. Still... I won't deny being worried because HE had looked so worried.
So anyway, Wednesday I went for the mammogram and surgeon appointment. The mammogram showed NOTHING out of the ordinary. It was just fibrous breast tissue and nothing more.
The surgeon (who I believe is a wonderful surgeon, but a complete dumbass) said the lumps were ribs. (I would have asked for a second opinion if I hadn't already gotten the mammogram an hour before showing nothing.) The lumps were NOT just ribs. But by that time, I already knew it was breast tissue.
He sort of pissed me off too because he started talking about how people tend to gain all their weight back a few years after WLS. I interupted him and said that that would NOT be me because I am not getting lax in monitoring what I eat, etc. The only thing that kept me from getting LIVID at him running his mouth about WLS is that he runs his mouth about EVERYTHING. So it was not out of WLS prejudice that he ran his mouth about it. It is just his NATURE to run his mouth about EVERYTHING. What a dumbass.
In any event, I just wanted to let everyone know some good news. I don't have breast cancer. I just have super-saggy boobs that makes it LOOK like I have 2 tumors in the tops of my breasts because that is where my breasts really SHOULD be. That doesn't really sound like good news, so I'll end with the part that DOES sound good.
I don't have breast cancer.
Wen
Hey Honey,
Ok, there must be something wrong with OH because I checked the posts yesterday when I got home from work, last night before bed, and then this a.m. after getting up. This post JUST showed up!!!
You know I've been worried about you, didn't want to put it on my list of "enough already" because I was the only one who knew you were going through this. If I hadn't heard from you soon I was going to call you later today. I'm so relieved that the dumbass said there was nothing to be concerned with . Glad you don't have to deal with the surgeon again......agh!
Hope this made your weekend better!
Hugs
Ok, there must be something wrong with OH because I checked the posts yesterday when I got home from work, last night before bed, and then this a.m. after getting up. This post JUST showed up!!!
You know I've been worried about you, didn't want to put it on my list of "enough already" because I was the only one who knew you were going through this. If I hadn't heard from you soon I was going to call you later today. I'm so relieved that the dumbass said there was nothing to be concerned with . Glad you don't have to deal with the surgeon again......agh!
Hope this made your weekend better!
Hugs
Susan
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