Here is my newest non-update for those following along.
Basically the breast ultrasound was not enough for them to know what the mass is in my left breast. They do know it isn’t anything fluid filled like a cyst. It is definitely a solid mass. There are a number of things it could be, some of those benign and some of those malignant. I am now scheduled for an ultrasound guided breast biopsy Tuesday morning. They said the results typically take about three to four days to come in.
My biggest hope is obviously that it is something benign like a fibroadenoma, but the second biggest hope is that if it has to be malignant it can be cured with mastectomy alone. The ultrasound tech did tell me that they know for sure that whatever it is is not the same thing as what is happening in the right breast because it is not in a milk duct. Do you know how crazy and uncommon it would be to have bilateral breast cancer of different types at 40 years old without family history or a genetic predisposition?
I am seriously so mentally and emotionally worn out from everything staying up in the air. This kind of limbo is so stressful. At this point I have made my peace with the surgeries, I just really need to get out of the finding out phase. Hopefully this is the last of it, and we can just get on with everything already. Most of the time I feel like I am handling everything pretty well, but there have absolutely been days when I just want to crawl under a rock and lick my wounds alone.
I’ll post again when I know more.