Mr. LBB: Are your boobs getting bigger?
Me: Just one.
Today I was convinced that I had breast cancer and face cancer. Dr. Y said I definitely don’t have face cancer….I just need to moisturize a little more. She said I probably don’t have breast cancer but just because of my history we should make sure. She did a breast exam and when she found the lump her eyes went wide…..so basically her face said “BREAST CANCER” and her mouth said “oh it’s probably just tissue”….and then she drew a big TUMOR LOOKING THING on the order form:
But looking closer at it I realized it was just a turtle.
Turtles are harmless. Unless they are snapping turtles….or worse: alligator snapping turtles:
But according to wikipedia no human deaths have been linked to an alligator snapping turtle.
So next week I get to go for my first mammogram and my gazillionth ultrasound!
And by my mathematical deduction:
If lump = turtle, and alligator snapping turtle = no human deaths, then I’ll be fine.
Logical to me.
Love this post. Keeping positive thoughts for you! BTW, I had the pleasure of having my first mammogram this week……not too bad……
In my thoughts and prayers Ashley, and whatever it is you’ll be fine. Use lots of moisturizer this weekend too.I heard turtles don’t like that stuff much.
Oh Sweetie, I am so sorry for this frightening time you have to face right now. Again. I hate that you have to wait until next week for your mammogram. Praying, never ceasing that this turns out to be benign. Praying for the Peace that passes understanding for you and your family while you wait.
In the meantime, may I just say, Nice Rack!!!
Sending you all my love on the wings of a desert sparrow,
Deborah
That made me spit out my drink Deborah! Thanks…I’ve never had anyone say that to me before 😉
LOL!!! At least that will get a giggle out of Ashley!
Positive thoughts coming your way!
That’s one kinky turtle! Good thoughts are being sent your way! 🙂
Oh Ashley I hope it’s nothing but a harmless lump in your breast tissue. Keep us updated, I will be thinking of you.
Its a “Gaurdian Turtle” ! love Love Love your blog!
ASHLEY MARIE HACKSHAW…( because I envision Marie is everyone’s middle name) you got this sweetie. No matter what the hill, you’ll climb it, AND OWN IT!
That turtle has no idea what is coming for him!! All my prayers for peace until you meet the lovely mammogramer! Your joy is truly contagious! I haven’t had the extensive healthy issues you have had but still tend to diagnose myself with a new disease or cancer I have researched each week, so I know your concern.
Please keep us posted!
Prayers that turtle is merely lost and passing through your life for a brief moment in time. Darned turtles…..someone should teach them to read a map.
Best wishes for all things good.
This isn’t funny but the turtle is. I had a similar “turtle” in the same spot in January. Went through the ultrasound and mamo. Just a little ball of fluid. I’m praying that yours is too. Xoxo
Hoping the very best. Sorry you have to deal with this. Remember that it doesn’t help one thing to worry about it until you get the test results. I’ve had 3 biopsies that looked bad on mammograms and then turned out to be benign. I know you’ve gone down this road before and I haven’t so it’s easier said than done but it truly could be something benign and I sure hope it is. I’m sending up prayers for your peace and continued trust and an extra measure of faith. You’re so strong and inspiring. You’ll get through whatever it turns out to be but I really just don’t think it’s anything bad.
Another “if it makes you feel better” – my doctor found a “lump” in my breast. I went in for an ultrasound and as it turns out, I just have really small boobs and what the doctor felt was breast tissue, whereas *most* women have several layers of fat covering their breasts. So I got an ultrasound to confirm that I have small boobs. Thanks, I already knew that.
Wishing the best for you!
This makes me feel better…..I’m 99.99% certain I have small boobs!
All my best wishes to you.
Weird…I’m scheduled for my first mammo on Monday for the exact same thing…turtle @ 2 0’clock left boob. Here’s hoping they are just turtles! 😀
lifting you up wonder woman!
Ashley, your story helped me deal with a recent health crisis. When the ultrasound doctor said, “You have a large tumor on your left ovary”, I didn’t freak out. Then he said it looked benign, so that was reassuring. It ended up being bigger than they thought, about the size of a softball. It had spread from my ovary to behind my uterus, attached to the colon, then for good measure it went all the way to the right side of my abdomen and attached to the wall. They were able to remove it and only the left ovary had to go. Pathology was benign. I can’t tell you how many times I thought of you and how composed and positive you have been. You ARE wonder woman.
Several years ago I had a diagnostic ultrasound for a lump. Turns out I just have lumpy bumpy boobs :).
I do hope your US just confirms small boobs!
Well kudos to Mr. LBB! Give that a hug and tell him to keep up the good work! We don’t stop and check ourselves out enough. He get’s an A+ for checking you out…. Boob Check 101! Can’t wait for your post-mammogram post.
STOP IT with these lumps and bumps! Only you could make a post such as this HYSTERICAL. We’re all pulling for you…and my asymmetrical boobs utterly empathize.
Ashley I will pray its nothing. I have to admit when I read this I teared up.
You have a Turtle, I haven’t thought to name my 3 lumps! I’m as far as having a date to go on the car lift on the 18th for my biopsy! I’m a ’55 Blue Thunderbird going on the rack! Dang only a guy would invent a table with two holes for your boobs to go through and smash with a mammogram then proceed to slice/insert a needle in your boob!!!
Like you, I been through a cancer…Uterine at 37 for me. My first prayer was answered, it’s not in the lymph node as the radiologist though. The breast specialist consultation cleared that up. That was the good, the bad…we went from 2 to 3 growth. The good…she was bright enough to find it!! So overall it was a Great visit. Not in the lymphatic system. I’ll take it! We’ll pray on for them to be benign.
I’ve followed you like many from the start, you’re amazing! You’re family and friends are beyond supportive!! You can do this as scary as it is!!!
Prayers, healing light and huggers, Ruby
Bless your heart! Like you need this?! Prayers prayers — I always pray for you and now I will really kick it up 😉 Try and breath….deep breaths…..xoxo
Sending you so many good thoughts!! I hope the turtle just really wanted to stop for a visit and will be gone soon. Seriously, though, I really hope everything is ok…. thinking healthy thoughts for you!!!
This spring, I found a lump and was “uneven” too. After a mammogram, a biopsy, about 7 ultrasounds, they finally decided they think it was due to an infection. Possibly a clogged duct (though I had a hysterectomy 7 years ago and hadn’t nursed since then). Weird, I know. It was scary as my son was going in for a bone marrow transplant for a blood disorder within a month and I HAD to be well for him. I’ll be praying Ashley that your results are good and that God will provide you with His peace that passes all understanding until then. Good news on my son is that he engrafted yesterday! Thanks for reminding everyone to Choose Joy!
Yeah, once you think there might be something, you can’t get it out of your head until you’ve squeezed every inch of both boobs! I am not 40 yet, had to have a mammogram because of a lump in my left breast… After the mammo, they decided the left was fine, but something looked weird on the right, so both sides got a full probe! In the end even after all that worry, everything was fine. Good luck and healthy prayers!
I love your perspective on things. I totally think the same way. She did draw a turtle. 🙂
Hoping to hear great news from this blog next week and what I’m sure is going to be an equally hilarious post mammogram post. (Though no pressure, I’ll read either way).
Love your view of things, wishing you all the very best, hugs and prayers to you and yours hoping its all just turtle. Keep smiling 🙂 x
Sending prayers your way. My girls are uneven too. I’ve had mammos since I was about 23. I have fibrocystic breasts. One doctor even told me caffeine can cause lumps. Which makes sense to me cuz I have sweet tea for blood. I do pray that there is nothing to worry about.
They only compress because they care. 😉
Praying for you and your small boobs! 🙂
Oh, Ashley, I am so sorry you have to go through this time of waiting, wondering, what ifs’. I will tell you what my daughter told me this last week, when I was going through a rough patch (different problems, same kind of stress). She said, “Mom, God gives us only what we can handle and apparently God thinks you’re a bad-ass!” Obviously, He thinks you are one as well. Nope, You’re a Double Bad-Ass!
Hugs, prayers and peace are sent your way, my darling! Love your blog. And you are one hell of an inspiration to us all!
jean
I had a tiny spot, couldn’t even feel it and I have small boobs too. Well, it was cancer, found out I’m BRCA-2 positive, it was removed, cancer all gone, no chemo or radiation and now I have new Bigger Boobs. Well, it wasn’t such a bad thing after all. Always look on the bright side. whenever you catch it, it’s always better than missing it. My daughter’s were fibroid cysts and nothing to worry about. It’s never anything until the tests come back and you will be fine. I know it. People said to me you’ll be fine and I always said, I know, either way, I’ll be fine. God has it in His hands. You are an inspiration to thousands of women, He has a plan.
Turtles…make us wait for answers. Those slow and steady creatures. My guess is that the mammo will be a walk in the park given your recent cancer escapades. Your attitude, your approach, your ability to find the humorous silver lining no matter what inspires me always, Ashley. Your daughter has such an incredible role model. Hugs and sending you hugs, prayers and continuing thoughts of turtles.
Oh Ashley. we will pray!
I’m praying too. Turtles are good. (Go get some chocolate/caramel turtles from the drug store just for good luck). 🙂
Praying, friend!!
I had a turtle at two o’clock last year too. It was a stressful week waiting for my appointment to be smashed in every direction plus I wasn’t sure I wanted to share my concern with my mom because she is a breast cancer survivor and I was afraid it would just be too much for her to handle (at the time my dad was being treated for stage 4 lymphoma and CLL). I decided if I didn’t tell her she may never forgive me. It turned out to be the best thing I could do. She was so supportive and understanding. Anyway it turned out to be that I have breasts full of scar-tissue from multiple severe mastitis infections. Good for me at the time but bad for early detection in the future.
Ya know, left boobs are totally overrated; mine tried to kill me so i hacked it off. On a more creepy note, my breast cancer was exactly where she marked your chart– but I’m crossing my fingers for you that it’s nothing more than a lumpy turtle. And thank god for an awesome doctor who is following through with a concern instead of dismissing it! Thoughts & prayers for you for a very uneventful mammogram…ya know, because I didn’t want to say “thinking of your boobs!” 😉
Ashley – I am in the Sister Study and I have had a sterotactical biopsy and know the concerns you are carrying. My sister who is 8 years younger than me had a double mastectomy about 5 years ago and she is doing fine, awaiting the birth of her first granddaughter this month. My prayers will be for your continued good health and ability to keep your sense of humor during these stressful days. Thank God you found it and have good medical care to give you an accurate diagnosis. From one Presbyterian to another, keep your faith strong and believe in the power of prayer.
Oh my goodness, Grace just told me about your turtle… obviously she’s a better blog reader than me. I hope it’s nothing. I had my first mammogram at 35 due to family history… it’s not fun with small boobs, but then, you’ve been through much worse. You got this!
I had a large turtle on the left boob when your father and I had been married only 6 months. It turned out to be the size of a small egg. Snip, snip….Dr. Thistlethwaite cut it out! We shall be praying for a great report tomorrow, my sweet daughter!
The Lord promised to never leave or forsake you. He loves you more than we will ever know and is preparing the day for you before it even comes. I love you so much, mom
so, wait.
this was just a random turtle crossing? right?