Let's talk about my Breast Tumors! I want to share my journey and story so that if someone else is going through the stuggles or anxiety of being diagnosed with tumors can understand that they aren't alone. This is a long story, so buckle in! In the beginning of 2023, I had noticed a small lump on my left breast. I didn't know what it was, maybe thinking it was a cyst, I left it alone and ignored it. Sometimes I would get a flare of pain occassionally, but I ultimately decided to deal with it another day. Well that day came in September 2024, a year and a half later. I was guesting at Saboten in Phoenix Arizona and was tattooing in cosplay at my booth. Since I was cosplaying, I had decided to bring all men to cosplay, not knowing that the binding for 4 days straight would pay the price of my health. On the second night, I had cosplayed with my fake man abs and once I took them off, there was a bruise around the lump. I had panicked. A couple weeks later I had gone to both Urgent Care and the Emergency Room due to severe pain. Both doctors had told me it was a cyst and it wasn't anything to be concerned about. However the pain was still there. I had to wait for my primary care doctor to see me. Once I had my appointment with her, she knew the lump was a tumor. We had to see if it was cancerous or not, so weeks of biopsying and waiting, it came back benign!! However, I was pain and my tumor was growing in size. My doctor told me that if I didn't remove it, it could possibly become cancerous in the future. The next step, we had scheduled the surgery for March 14th, 2025. They had originally wanted me to schedule for February 14th (Valentines Day), I had rescheduled the surgery to March since I had plans to go to Katsucon during the weekend of Valentines Day. Just recently, they had just MOVED ME BACK TO VALENTINES DAY!!! So I have accepted that Katsucon is not in the works for me this year. During the scheduling process, I visited with my doctor again and she found ANOTHER tumor, one much smaller, but we didn't know if it was cancerous or not. So instead of biopsying it, we are removing both of them on Valentines Day. A surgery above my heart... on Valentines Day! Comical huh? For the future: Lets say my tiny tumor comes back cancerous... what are we doing? I will be making the decision to remove my breasts if the tests come back cancerous OR if I begin to form more breast tumors again. I don't want to subject myself to anxiety of having breast cancer for the rest of my life, biopsying every tumor that pops up. That's a lot of money for the rest of my life.... so why not get rid of the titties? That is my story so far!!! If you have any questions or experiences, please do share! I'm open to more knowledge and I'm learning every single day. Love you all and please have a great day!
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