Real Thing

Today.

I made an appointment to see a doctor at the clinic I go to. I think it is funny that her name is Dr. Bustos and she examined my breast.

She was an intern or resident. She thought it might be just part of my normal musculature, but she said she would order a mammogram. As I was getting dressed she came back to my examining room and said the doctor she reports to wanted to have a look. This doctor came in and confirmed it is a large lump, but she wasn't concerned, because she felt it would have been caught on my last mammogram and, therefore, thought it might be a cyst or an infected duct. However, she thought my last mammo was in July 2013.

"No," I said, "It was in July 2012."

I saw her face change. It was silent in the room and she said, "We definately need to have a mammogram and an ultrasound done as soon as possible."

I was hoping it would be part of my breast musculature. 

Figment of My Imagination

I lost my job 10-days ago.

Today, while in the shower, I found a lump in my right breast at about 3 or 4 o'clock. I was always told that a lump was the size of a pea. This is not a pea, it is a large marble. It feels huge.

It wasn't there two months ago, or was it three months? I do self breast exams every few months. This lump is so large and obvious that I don't know how I missed it before now.

Hopefully, it is nothing. Hopefully, it is a figment of my imagination.

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