Yesterday I got a call from The Rose where I had my breast biopsy on Monday the 16th. I was expecting it to be benign (which it was, thankfully.) The lady said, "The results are benign, but the radiologist is recommending you make an appointment with your gyn for a referral to a breast surgery so that the lipoma can be removed and the doctor will explain why."

I'm guessing they want it removed because it has been causing pain (though the pain is a lot less now) and it's relatively large. I'm guessing about 4cm long and about half that much wide. That's just a guess from what I can feel.

I have a friend who is a NP at MD Anderson Cancer Center in the breast cancer section and she's advised that it's a pretty simple outpatient surgery where mine is located (way upper left on the left breast.) She said it would do it like a lumpectomy and I should only have a 2 or 3 day recovery period.

I'm guessing lipomas can be hereditary. My mom had one in her leg (that they had to remove) and one on her stomach and my sister has one on her stomach. I have a small one in my other breast that I guess I have to go have checked in 6 months to make sure it's not doing anything funny. Until all this I had never heard of lipomas, neither my mom or my sister had ever mentioned them.