I got the report from the doctor's office on Friday. Apparently, "no overt malignancy" means the same as benign. There are some odd cells showing up, but they're not cancerous. The official term is "nodular hyperplasia."

Just heard from the oncologist's office. The nurse said that the report was "no overt malignancies." Good news! Although to me, that's not the same as "benign." She said there were other comments that she's not qualified to interpret. She'll give the report to the nurse practitioner and he'll call me if there's more to discuss. Hmm.

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I found out from today's appointment that the lump is most likely a benign cyst. The least likely scenario is metastatic cancer. So that's really good news!

Out of the blue, I got a phone call from the hospital's scheduling department to schedule a thyroid biopsy. Having had the thyroid ultrasound (announced in the same surprising way), I wasn't completely taken aback. But no one from any doctor's office called to say this would be happening.

I was supposed to have an appointment with my oncologist's nurse practitioner on Monday, but his daughter had a skiing accident over the weekend. So my appointment was rescheduled for tomorrow. Originally, this was a routine appointment, but has taken on more significance now.

The biopsy is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 4. When I talked with the scheduler, she said it must have been a cancellation, because she'd been scheduling thyroid biopsies for the middle of January. I think God worked it out so I wouldn't have to wait so long. It was much easier to schedule a breast biopsy than this one.

So I see it this way. There are three possible outcomes for the biopsy:
1. A benign nodule on the thyroid (the best scenario)
2. A primary cancer of the thyroid (If it's cancer, not a bad scenario, since thyroid cancer is easily treated.)
3. Metastasis of the breast cancer (not a good scenario at all)

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