BUT I think about it more than I should.
Here are a few topic you can look forward to as soon as I can sit down and write, edit, reread, spell check, rereread, and publish:
- An analogy comparing marriage to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (I LOVE raspberry jelly).
- I want to show you Greg and my high school yearbook pictures the year he and I first dated.
- I must write a concise letter begging and demanding America to do away with Daylight Savings Time before it destroys my life again. And include easy links so you can copy and paste it and send it to your state and federal leaders.
- I went to the doctor ... what's a girl gotta do to get a doctor to feel up her boobs so she stops thinking she has breast cancer??
- I'm reading Keeper of Dreams, short stories by Orson Scott Card, and there was a paragraph where the persona had decided to commit adultery with a nice married fellow - scariest thing I've read in a long time, almost had ME sympathizing with the adulteress.
- Thoughts on the book Coraline.
Its FUN FUN FUN FRIDAY!!!
2 Brilliant Bits of Inspiration:
If you still have a lump, please do insist on a biopsy....what's the worst that can happen, a benign result? If your doctor won't refer you to a surgeon, have you considered asking around with your friends or looking at your hospital's website for a list of the surgeons who specialize in breast care? You don't need an actual MD referral unless you have HMO insurance....in which case, you need to speak up and get pushy.
In our healthcare system, it's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease and you have three little kids to think about.
Sorry if this post sounds pushy or bossy, but I worked for 6 years for a cancer surgeon so I tend to be a little, well, proactive...no, make that pushy about these things. If the lump is palpable, they can just do it with a needle under local anesthesia right there in the office.
Respectfully,
Catherine
PS....I just realized that you are still breastfeeding, so a third option is to wait 3 months or so until you stop (I seem to recall that you said you usually do it for a year) and then go back in for a recheck....if the lump is still there, THEN don't be afraid to get pushy, ask for an ultrasound, needle biopsy, etc. Lots of doctors, especially if they are male, tend to put off young women's concerns, which just bugs the crap out of me.
I can't stand raspberry jam. The seeds get stuck in my teeth! Incidentally, I'm listening to Mr. Zebra right now...I haven't heard this song in years.
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