Kyle,
That really sucks with everything else on your mind.  I've had two friends
in the last two years get breast cancer so you know, when the gyn said it
was time for the first squeeze, I was went with bells on.  Actually, you'll
get pasties, you'll see.  Can't imagine being a guy trying to go through a
mammogram though. Ouch!!!
Seriously though, you and Laura will be in our families thoughts and
prayers.

Beth t the ot

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Ok, now for the bad news.  About a month or so ago (I think I let Kat know
around the middle of June) I went to see my physician about a lump on my
right breast that had been there a while wasn't going away.  The initial
diagnosis was "gynecomastia" based on an ultrasound and the fact that it was
painful.  Some things have happened in the meantime to warrant further
investigation, and the tentative results I got yesterday that it is, indeed,
breast cancer.  I see a surgeon tomorrow after a mammogram (NOT looking
forward to that--the tech I spoke with said that they are very difficult to
do on men, very painful, and she's only done a couple on men in the
thousands of mammograms she's performed).  The good news is they think the
tumor is "encapsulated" and is enclosed in a "sac".  If that's the case,
there won't likely be any treatment past surgery, and even the surgery will
not involved cutting the underlying muscle or lumph nodes.  If it's attached
to the pectoral muscle underneath, that's a completely different ballgame...

So, to those of you who believe in the efficacy of prayer, I'd appreciate it
if you'd shoot a couple up on my behalf.  If not, I could use a "virtual
hug". LOL!

I told Laura about it last night.  Since she has to go out-of-town on Friday
for follow-up treatment of her own cancer-related problems, it was, needless
to say, a pretty difficult evening.

Thanks, y'all.

Kyle