Its a Cyst!

[Becky]

It’s a cyst. Nothing showed on mammogram and I have easy to do breasts (not dense). The radiologist on call is the one my surgeon says is the best and he told the ultra sounder that she wouldn’t find anything. I could still feel the cyst but I admit, it was considerably smaller than on Sunday. The ultrasound did show a 8mm cyst that even the radiologist was blown away that I could feel (but I am a good self examiner according to my surgeon). According to the radiologist and looking at all the old pix, that cyst has always been around but since I only examine once a month, it was probably never big enough to feel as they fill and deflate during other times. There is another 1mm one about ¼ inch from the one I felt. I see my onc Thursday morning (probably because he thinks he will be the one to tell me the good news – but I forced it out of the technicians and wanted to see the radiologist) so I already know. My big question to my onc (and I will let you know what he says - which will be more interesting to the ER+ women on the board than the ER- ones) is – cysts come and go due to fluctuating hormone levels in the body BUT I had my ovaries removed and I am on Arimidex so is the Arimidex really working? (I have occasionally had my estradiol run and it is fine but the lab uses a cut off of 30ug so I don’t know if it is 29 or 5 and it may move from high to low within this “postmenopausal range”. I might discuss a change to Femara or Aromosin because of this episode. If anyone out there has any ideas or info – especially Lani, I would be very interested in hearing it.

In the meantime, your prayers, thoughts and concerns about me meant more than you will ever know and the good karma worked! I love you all.