Thankful Thursday

I totally stole today's title from Lisa!

Lumpy and I have had quite an adventure lately. Tuesday, I had an appointment at Memphis Breast Clinic. I am not typically one to go to the doctor more than maybe once or twice a year, yet I've been to 5 different offices in the past 3 months. This is weird and I have decided that I don't like this trend. I have reached a new level of apathy toward Lumpy. I don't care what he is. I don't care if or when he goes away. I don't care if he makes both of the girls fall off or grow to the size of watermelons. I just don't care anymore. It's not that I have adopted an unhealthy attitude or anything like that. I've just become intimately familiar with my breaking point. So, Tuesday's appointment was on my nerves before I even got there. P was off so he went with me for support. Plus, if he drove, I couldn't flake out on the appointment.

Before I go much further, let me sing the praises of Memphis Breast Clinic. If any of you (God forbid!) ever go through anything involving "the girls," MBC is amazing. The women who work there are amazing at making you feel so at ease. And the head doctor (I just went blank on his name) is hilarious. So, I'm sitting in the nicest exam room I've ever seen waiting for the mammogram I'm expecting and fearing. The nurse comes in and does an ultrasound. This was P's and my first ultrasound together. Thankfully, there's not a baby in my boob. We found out that I'm very cystic. Apparently that's very common. She says they still want to do a mammogram. This is when the fear comes back and my stomach drops to my feet. All I've ever heard about them is that body parts become pancakes. Let me just tell you, that's the truth! So, I bear with all of that and head back to the exam room. I'm thinking I'm done and will be able to leave soon. WRONG! They decided that a biopsy was necessary as well. All I know is that anyone who chooses to get their nipples pierced is an idiot!! Despite the pain and discomfort, I still was given more info about my own body than my old doctor had ever given me!

Fast forward to today, the nurse calls me to give me the results of the biopsy. Everything is benign! So, Lumpy is probably going to be here for a while but he's not harmful at all. That was probably the best phone call I've gotten so far in my life! I knew everything was going to be fine, but I wanted to know for sure that I'm good. I go back in a few months for a check up, but I'm not even worried about that.

I guess what I'm most thankful for today is good news about Lumpy! Now I can focus this energy on another of the crazy things P and I are dealing with. As long as this good news streak continues a couple more months, this will be an amazing year!