Frightening Moment

Yesterday for the second time, I felt a lump in my breast. It is the size of a pea and I didn't really think much of it. I think when I called my husband and said the words out loud, I have a lump, did it hit me.

I called my OB/GYN office and they told me to call back in a week if I still had it. The nurse felt it was a blocked milk duct. I went to my sister's house for a visit. I asked her if she ever had a blocked milk duct and she said it was a horrific pain. This alarmed me since this wasn't painful at all.

I talked to Jim on my way home and he told me not to wait until next week to call the doctor's office. We need to get this checked out right away. I knew the office closed at 4pm and it was 3:45. I called and got an appointment today.

The doctor didn't feel anything but that is the weird thing about this lump. I press on it and it disappears. It reappears on its own. The doctor wrote a script for an ultrasound. Since I am breastfeeding, a mammogram won't work. The receptionist at the doctor's office called about an appointment and the MRI office could take me today.

The ultrasound technician was such a sweet, nice woman. She really made me feel at ease with the ultrasound. She told me the black spots she was seeing on the screen look like cysts. What relief!

The report will be sent to my doctor and I will receive a call probably tomorrow with the official results.

I have to say without my husband's persistence, I would have waited until next week. Of course Christmas wouldn't have been so merry because of the unknown lump in my breast.