It Started with a Lump...

April 13, 2021

The day started like any other, fairly uneventful until mid-afternoon. I started noticing some soreness in my right breast. I tried to push it from my mind - but I ended up wandering into my room and laying on the bed as I clumsily smooshed around my breast tissue. It didn't take long though. My hand froze on top of a very noticeable lump and a shiver shot through my body.

I thought, "I'm sure it's nothing, I just stopped breastfeeding recently, it's probably a clogged duct." But my gut told me to call my OB. An hour later I was headed to my OB's office for an appointment with the nurse practitioner.

I lay back on the exam table wearing a flimsy paper vest as the NP checked me out. She felt it immediately too though and said that I needed to go for a mammogram as soon as possible. She sent the request for a mammogram and ultrasound to the Woman's Imaging Center here in town.

I called the imaging center and was able to get scheduled for my appointment the following Monday, April 19.

The wait was excruciating. The worrying was endless.