Looking for your thoughts/advice - Do I biopsy or not?

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Hi friends-

I know that we all worry about our bumps and lumps and aches and pains. I think I have done a good job managing my fear and nowadays even go several days without thinking about BC. But now I have 1 of the above: a lump. No aches or pains though. J

Several weeks ago I felt a hard little lump in my neck. It has not gone away and maybe gotten slightly bigger. It is closer to my jaw than my collarbone. It doesn’t hurt. It’s not tender. It is just a hard little bump, like a hard pea under my skin. It is on the right side, same side as my BC.

I am blessed to have a brother-in-law that is a magnificent doctor (I am slightly biased J). He is an Otorhinolaryngology surgeon …an ENT but the long word is more fun to say. lol He is in another state so he referred me to a doctor near me that he has known and respected for 20 years.

I got a CT that showed lesions on the node. SMALL lesions. My brother-in-law wants it out. The local doctor said it was my choice.

I am not due to see my oncologist until September. I called her and told her about it. She thought there was about a 0% chance of it being BC. So that is encouraging. Regardless, she said to get it out. Because it is small she said the procedure should be quick and easy.

Nothing about cutting my neck sounds quick or easy. Seems to me, as a lay person, that there is a LOT of important stuff in there.

I am having a hard time deciding what to do. Would you share your thoughts with me?

Love,
Maureen