I don’t have cancer!
The part I left out of the previous update is
that Lump Jr. is actually in my breast. That sounded too alarming to publicize
when we were 99% sure it was NOT cancer. There’s always that tiny chance though…
Part of what took so long is that we needed to wait for the breast imaging
specialists to come back from the holiday weekend. One mammogram and an
ultrasound later we confirmed what we thought: NOT cancer. Yay!
The breast imaging team came to the rescue
again today. They had a last minute cancellation and were kind enough to whisk
me in for a biopsy instead of leaving it to the regular medical teams. They put
needles into all 3 lumps and withdrew pus, which confirms that there is in fact
an infection in there, but we won’t know which infection until the test results
come back. We should have some results back within 24 hours, but if it’s a
mycobacterium that could take weeks to grow and identify. At least we’re
finally on the road to getting some answers!
I continue to sit tight in the hospital while
we wait to see if the preliminary results give us any guidance in terms of
antibiotics. I’m also supposed to see my surgeon to discuss the plan for
opening me up and cleaning things out surgically, but apparently he did
transplants both yesterday and today, so I got bumped off the schedule. That’s
ok though, I’m glad people are getting their transplants! I hope they all do
well!
In other news that I know some people have been
waiting for, I made Pole People! This time I’m not using a pole though so
they’re just all around the room. I actually had a fun Pole People related
moment yesterday. I’m not on my usual unit, and I can’t remember ever staying
on this specific floor, but apparently I did because one of my nurses
recognized the Pole People immediately and was super excited! I hope you enjoy
the latest crew as much as she did!
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