Oh praise God for that great news!  Yahoo!  I'm so happy!  Phew!  Hugs!

Littlekat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peggy Kern" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 10:55 PM
Subject: Breast lump, good news


Hi, all! The surgeon called me today to tell me that my breast lump is just
a lymph node.  Apparently, it's something that's been seen on my mammograms
over the years, and I never knew about it.  When I had my first mammogram
several years ago, they had me come back for a re-test of one of my breasts
(I can't even remember which one now), saying there was some kind of nodule
showing.  When I went back, they said it was smaller, and after that, I've
always gotten word that every mammogram was "normal", so I just figured
there was nothing there.  But apparently they've been seeing density in that
area of my breast, and just decided it was normal for me, but I was never
told that, so just figured what they thought they saw the first time had
gone or wasn't there.  My doctor thinks maybe I can feel it now because I've
lost about 30 pounds over the last year and a half.  But she says it's the
normal size for a lymph node, so there's nothing to worry about, so that's
good news.  She wants to see me in a month just to check it again, but it
looks like everything's fine.  Thanks to all of you for your prayers and
good wishes and support.

Peggy