It has been an eventful last few months. It all began on December 27th, 2012. After a lovely night out with my bestfriend, I return home and is about to call it a night, as I was changing I felt pain on my chest, which then led me to touching the pain. Tracing my fingers to where it was coming from, I landed on a lump close enough to my chest bone attached to my right breast. I dismissed it as "nothing serious" and went on with my weekend. As the days passed the pain became unbearable, I started to search on the net, diagnosing myself (mistake #1) never diagnose yourself on the net as it is such wide ranged "anyone and everyone" is on there adding bits of information they see as right, big mistake as not all websites are verified and also you could diagnose yourself with something scarier than it may be or you can go the other way and read about something thinking you do not fall under that "category" dismissing yourself.
I thought, "I have to seek a physician to do something about this pain, make it stop." therefore I did. seeing the doctor, he assured me there is nothing to worry about, he said the lump could be one of three things:
1.) Fibroadenoma - is a noncancerous (benign) tumor.
2.) Abscess- is a collection of pus in any part of the body that, in most cases, causes swelling and inflammation around it.
3.) Breast cancer
he order I get an ultrasound to collect more information on the lump, when the results came out It was hard mass and not liquid filled which ruled out it being an "abscess. He let me know, there should be nothing to concern me that at my age and family history it wont be cancer, but we can never be too sure. Thereafter he took a biopsy of my tissue and sent it to a cancer center. Everyone at the hospital was comforting me, saying there is nothing to be worried about that I am too young to be thinking of any negative possibilities...
I went home that night and spent new years eve with my family.
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