Details in the fabric

Ok- I confess, things that go bump in the night was written after my doc found a lump. Yep, in my breast. It's one of the many things we ladies dutifully check for, and don't expect to find... not in ourselves. We realize it is not uncommon-- in others.

(Gonna toot my own horn here, coz I deserve it.) Because I didn't cower at things that go "bump in the night", my doc discovered the lump I would not have found on my own. (I know this because even after he located it, showed it to me, and asked me to show him I could find it, I still struggled to feel the foreign object.) At any rate, confirmation that it did not exist a year ago was available, so a biopsy was done. Within two days, I had an appointment with a wonderful female breast surgeon who told me the obvious... that I was fortunate to have found it so quickly. It appeared to have clear "margins" (a word I am learning is a big deal in cancer circles), and had not spread. It requires a simple lumpectomy and nothing further. My lump is the size of a grape, so evidence of a lumpectomy will most likely not even be noticeable later.

Details in the Fabric refers to the ultrasound pictures we poured over with the surgeon as she tried to explain what looked different from the rest of the "fabric" of the breast tissue. For those of you who have had ultrasounds of any kind, you will understand when I say that we hadn't the slightest clue what we were viewing. It was all Greek to us, but Thank God someone pays attention to and understands the details. Details in the fabric matter.