Having all sorts of medical problems

Oh ladies, you are all so wonderful!  I have my history in my little bio thing..but no cancer,  - just a ductal excision with atypia four years ago, now two areas of thickening in the same breast (which is 50-74% dense, vs not dense on other side = focal asymmetry) and increasing calcs. It's just a worrisome, lumpy, dense, complicated breast. My maternal grandmother and maternal aunt both had breast cancer and mastectomies, another maternal aunt died from bone cancer, and my paternal grandmother died from ovarian. 

I don't take any meds at all.  I decided not to start Tamoxifen because hubby was deployed with the military for a year and I was single parenting. He's back now, so I am contemplating again... 

I am so worried about this lump under my chin, I hope to God that I just have dental problems and that is a swollen lymph node!  Who would ever ask for dental problem, this is all so crazy, isn't it?!  I didn't even know we had a lymph node under there. 

Thanks for all of the kind notes and support, you are wonderful. I just can't keep bogging down my family and friends anymore with all of this stuff and you all understand how paranoid we can be about things. I really try not to just run willy nilly to docs over little things and actually have a high tolerance for pain. I was in the military 21 years and my medical records were in a very small folder and until my breast surgery, the only time I was ever in the hospital was to have a baby. Sigh.

Off to the dentist, praying for something bad and some antibiotics to squash it. Too funny! 

So I have two molars, side by side, that are cracked and the old amalgam fillings are leaking. I've had no pain, swelling, sensitivity, etc so never would have know this was happening!  I had a long talk with the dentist about mercury, etc in those old fillings and how it can effect the body. He said that at his office, they treat them as toxic and won't let the dental techs come in the room during the removal process. Oh joy! Anyhow, this isn't breast related, but wanted to pass it along to other ladies of my "era" who have the old metal fillings. They also still use this in the military (that's where mine came from!)  He also said the nickel in the fillings can wreak havoc on women's bodies for reasons unknown. Mercury from fillings may also make the body more susceptible to lupus. 

He can't do the work until the 9th, so I won't know if this is causing my issues for a while yet. Next week I have the 6 month diagnostic mammos on both sides, derm and ortho to check my lumps and aches. 

Thanks again for listening, ladies. You're the best!! 

Thanks to all, again, you are wonderful. Last night in the shower, I saw something new on my breast to the left of the nipple. the size of a pencil eraser and a definite bump under the skin, came out of nowhere. I've never had bumps on the outside of my breasts before, so this is new, hmmm. I was researching my nipple changes (color, etc al) and burning, etc and stumbled on Pagets, so not sure. Well I have 3 doc appts this week and a bunch of bloodwork, so we'll sort it all out.  I am enjoying the weekend with my family and haven't told a soul other than you strangers :-)