It's not always bad news

lightningblue

I wanted to post my recent experience here for anyone who is scrolling this forum and imagining the worst or looking for hope. I hope this is appropriate to post in this thread, I apologize to mods if it needs to be deleted or moved.

I had a mastectomy over a year ago. No reconstruction yet. I stopped taking tamoxifen after horrible damaging side effects, despite worrying that I might get cancer again because I declined to keep taking it. I recently felt a new lump, just at the end of one of the scar lines. I wasn't particularly worried until my recent follow-up appointment with my surgeon, who felt the lump and became concerned. She did an ultrasound, and then ordered a more thorough ultrasound with the radiology department.

I went in for that second ultrasound. The radiologist seemed concerned. They ordered a biopsy. I really started to feel fear. I had the biopsy, and then waited for the phone call. I scrolled through this site, looking for comfort, hope, stories from other people.

It's just a lymph node, a benign reactive lymph node. Not new cancer.

It's not always bad. I needed to find stories like this when I was scrolling, to see that it is an option that it might be ok, to see that there are things a scary ultrasound might be other than a recurrence. I know I'm not out of the woods yet, I know that cancer could come back at some time in the future, but it's not today. If you are reading this, I hope it gives you some comfort or hope.

MinusTwo

Good news. Nice post Lightening. Thanks for sharing.