The Waiting Game

I was told it would take 10 business days before I was given the results of my biopsy. For the first two days my mind was fine as it concentrated more on the healing of where I was permanently inked. I was still sore from the procedure and decided Ibuprofen was my friend.

After to days the "googles" started setting in and I looked up the difference between fibrocystic disease and breast cancer.

Symptoms of Fibrocystic Breast Disease

• swollen and/or tender breasts
  
• possibility of one or more lumps
  
• pain level from minor to severe 

ok I have all of these symptoms...but what about that cancer word...

Signs and symptoms of breast cancer may include:

• A breast lump or thickening that feels different from the surrounding tissue
• Bloody discharge from the nipple
• Change in the size or shape of a breast
• Changes to the skin over the breast, such as dimpling
• Inverted nipple
• Peeling, scaling or flaking of the nipple or breast skin
• Redness or pitting of the skin over your breast, like the skin of an orange

and whew...I have only one of these, a lump. Plus my family has no history of this type of cancer. Ok breathe. How many more days of this do I have to wait? Seriously by the time my results are going to be in I am going to be a basket case where the ibprohen isn't going to cut it.