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Originally Posted by Isadora

Almost a year ago I found a lump while doing a self examine in the shower. It was a definite lump. No matter how many times I felt for it, it was still there. I can't even list the emotions I went through while awaiting a mammogram.

I get them about every year. I was emotionally frightened and had just seen a good friend go through a radical mastectomy. It was a scary scary time. I got an ultra sound and it waus found to be a cycst. But the fear and realizing how, as a femme, how important my breasts are to me. I love them.

I get a mammogram and a pap smear every year. Every. Year.

Isadora! I know how you feel. I found a lump in my left breast when I was 29; before we knew my mother had breast cancer that she did not survive. It was a cyst as welll. But that two weeks period from finding the lump till the onocologist called it benign was a very scarey time! I had three small children then and worried about what would happen if I got sick. Glad your lump was ok and that you are taking good care of yourself!

This thread could indeed save lives!!!