It took me a few weeks finally make the appt with my GYN. My appt was in March. The day of my appt, I was nervous and uneasy that it could be cancer or something else. I was very thankful my boyfriend came with me as a second ear but held my hand as well. My Dr. Torrence came in and did her examination and said she felt that it was a swollen gland but let's get it checked to be safe and rule out anything else.

As I waited for them to call to schedule the mammogram not so patiently. It took a few weeks to finally get the call scheduling my appt. As I walk in for my appt to have the mammogram. I was very nervous. I just lost my dad to cancer a few years before this. We did the normal mammogram and had me sit and wait until the doctor reviewed it. The technician comes in the room and tells me we have to do another mammogram that is a little more invasive. So here we go, boobs getting squished again. After the second mammogram the technician came in and I went to have a sonogram of my left boob with the doctor. Of course they have to check both to make sure but are really focused on my left. The doctor told me there is something there and she wants to schedule a biopsy. She says we can get you on that Thursday.

The day of my biopsy, I was very nervous. This is the day of truth, Cancer or just a swollen gland. The biopsy was not fun. They take you back, get the area all cleaned up and tell what the procedure is and what they are going to do. Of course they do numb you in that area but it took a lot of numbing cream for me. It's a syringe with this long needle that they stick in my boob area where the lump is. You hear the clicking noise of them taking out tissue from the lump. They had to do about 6 of them and put a chip in to save the area of where they did the biopsy. Now we wait for the results.

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