Just as a follow up to my earlier posts concerning my wife's breast concerns, what we found out was that she has fibroid cysts disease. Fortunately they turned out to be non-cancerous growths and for the time being she has nothing to be concerned about. One thing that can often occur with this disease is calcifications and those need to be watched closely as well.
In her case, nothing more needs to be done, as the surgery removed the cysts and the concern. The procedure itself was very simple. The surgeon made an incision about 3/4 of an inch long adjacent to the aereola and removed in her case, about a golf ball sized area of tissue. After the surgery, the procedure left no noticeable change in her breast (a big concern she had) except for the actual incision and some stiffness of the breast tissue in the area of the surgery which the surgeon assured her will lighten and resoften drastically in about six months.
The next step is monitoring. Because of the breast tissue removal, they need to do a new baseline mammogram to re-establish her normal point, and then just continue normal monitoring beyond that time. We just thank God that this time it was nothing serious and for her, the surgery was the right choice even though it turned out to be nothing of real concern.
You always need to watch for changes and never let your guard down with regular self breast exams. Be a survivor, and stay current with your mammograms and self breast exams! http://www.wm8c.com/breast_biopsy.htm
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