Friday, 25 June 2010

The Lump. 6th June 2010

It was late when Em went off to bed. She had been gone barely 5 minutes when she called me into her room. " Mum, I think I've found a lump" she said. I told her she was being a bit neurotic and that we were all probably thinking too much about breast cancer because of the day we had. She insisted that I check. Yes there was a strange little lumpy bit, but it just felt kind of normal and I said that she shouldn't worry and that if it was still there in the morning I would make a doctors appointment.
Her fears,however prompted me to check my own breast....and there it was. This was not an odd lumpy bit. This was a lump. Probably a cyst or something.
The following morning we both still had lumps so I phoned the doctor and made emergency appointments for later that afternoon.
We went in together and the doctor checked Em's breast first. It wasn't a lump!! Thank god!! She said it was good that Em was checking though and should continue to do so.
Me next. " Yes. You do have a lump" the doctor said. " Though its probably just fatty tissue. We'll send you for a mammogram to make sure" The doctor assured me that these things were dealt with very quickly...but what is very quickly? The next day? The next week? A few weeks??
I didn't hear anything the following day, so I phoned Lynda at Genesis to ask how long these things take. She wasn't sure but said she would go and find out more information for me. She phoned me back within 10 minutes with the direct fax line to reception at The Nightingale Centre for my doctor to send her referral. All day I waited for the call back, none came.
The call came the following day. They offered me an appointment for the following Friday. My silence must have spoken volumes because they asked if I would like to come in sooner. For me, the sooner the better. Not knowing what this thing was, was the hardest part. Was it nothing? Just a fatty lump? or something more sinister? I just wanted to know for sure.
The very nice lady on the phone managed to get me a slot for the Friday morning. Only 2 days to wait. That was much better.

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