Just some random thoughts

I usually don't do regular breast exams on myself like I have been told to do and know that since I am getting older, that it is a needed thing. I just figure that during my last yearly physical in January, that if he felt something, it would have been addressed with all the other freakin' ailments I had going on at the time. Here's just a short list of crap: chest pains due to anxiety and stress, kidney stones, painful as hell periodicals, bronchitis not once or twice but three times this year and then to top it off, a cyst on my right ovary bust sending me to the emergency room AGAIN! So anyways, I did a self breast exam about 3 weeks ago and found a suspecious bump. Long story short, my doctor is out of town til the 1st of November, Dr. Smith booked til this week so I got into Deanna Donnell. She felt another lump and scheduled a mammogram for today. There was a moment that I was scared shitless because the tech lady came in and said that I have a dense area in my right breast. Then had to do another scan thing on it at another view. Then I sat while they viewed my scans and awaiting to go do a ultrasound. I texted my stepdaughter, Aimee that I was going to have to do another procedure because I thought of her mother who is now beginning a battle with breast cancer. Janice was diagnosed a couple of months ago with stage two and has to under go chemotherapy and radiation treatments to hopefully get rid of this awful disease. I had alot of thoughts running through my head and was getting myself prepared for the worse. I guess I am lucky today because in the end, I have fibrocystic "boobs" that I will have to monitor more closely and get yearly mammograms from here on out. So I am giving a huge shout out to Janice, I think Kailyn's MiMi is my hero too! I know she is a very strong person that will conquer this. Now any of you gals that read my blabber, do your monthly boob exam and get mammograms done, even if you are not 40 it is now recommended to get a baseline done at 35.