Good News

A few months ago I found a lump in my breast which really scared me. I went to the doctor's and he said it felt pretty normal, that it might be related to nursing, so since Aidan was already over a year old anyway, I quit nursing and the doctor had me schedule a followup appointment for two months later. That was a stressful two months just not knowing for sure if the lump could be cancer. I felt pretty confident that everything was fine, and Jason gave me a priesthood blessing and he also felt like everything was fine so that was helpful. I went to my followup appointment and the bad news was that the lump was still there, but the good news was that it hadn't grown. So we scheduled an ultrasound at the hospital (the hospital doesn't do mammograms until you've quit nursing for six months, and they want to you quit nursing before they'll do an ultrasound also because the tissue is so different when you're nursing). Luckily, everything looked really normal on the ultrasound, and the doctor was even kind enough to turn the screen so I could see it and explain everything to me. Wheew, what a relief! I hadn't wanted to blog about this before until I knew for sure what the situation was, but I'm so glad that everything is fine. Having a scare like this has really made me realize how much I stress about stupid stuff in life that doesn't really matter anyway. It's given me a new perspective about being thankful for everything we have and not stressing about what we don't have or about little things that go wrong in life. Right now, I'm just so thankful I have my family and we're all happy and healthy and well, and what more could I want?