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I first noticed the lump in my right breast last summer, but thought nothing of it until I went for a physical exam last August 15. After the doctor said it might require surgical evaluation, I hied off to DLS-STI Megaclinic with Dern in tow. After a session with an ob-gyne and the recommended breast ultrasound, I received a report, excerpted as follows:

There is a well-defined, slightly lobulated, hypoechoic solid nodule at the 2 – 3 o’clock position (zone A) of the right breast measuring 3.9 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm

IMPRESSION:

SOLID NODULE, RIGHT BREAST, AS DESCRIBED, SUGGEST FOLLOW-UP

Right. Well, I wanted it out and examined. Who knew what this thing might turn out to be? I talked to Dr. Agno, the surgeon on call, and she scheduled me for an excision biopsy on August 22. I spent the intervening week cleaning up my office files and trying not to think of the procedure.

It wasn’t as bad as I thought. They gave me a local anesthesia and a curtain to keep me from seeing the proceedings in all their gory detail. After about an hour, a lump vaguely resembling a miniature brain was extracted, and I was all stitched up and ready to go home.

We picked up the biopsy results from the lab today. Again, an excerpt:

Sections disclose a benign breast tissue

Highlight mine.

I’m healing nicely now. Thanks to Dr. Agno for her care and attention, and to Dern for being more patient than the patient herself.

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