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Breast Is Best For Seren

The surgeon cut into my breast
(I’d removed my white thermal vest!)
Now who would have thought
An internal wart
Had meant I’d been feeling so stressed!

The result of my biopsy
Was clear for the surgeon to see
Not seen on the skin
This wart was ‘within’
No cancer - I feel so happy!

My breast lump was analysed and it was discovered to be a papilloma which is basically a wart in the breast tissue - I'd never heard of it ... trust me to be different!

01/19/18

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Curtis Moorman January 31, 2018 at 11:40 AM Jan, I'm just now finding out about your health problems. You are on my prayer list for complete healing and quick recovery. Also, I wanted to congratulate you on you 1st place win in Viv's forecast contest. Way to go girl! Jan Allison January 31, 2018 at 11:46 AM Thanks Curtis I am only 1/2 way through the congrats list and am delighted Viv liked my poem. I saw the surgeon yesterday as I have a haematoma - it can't be aspirated so i am back there again next week but from what i have read it can take years for it to be absorbed or can stay forever - am writing a poem about it lol. if i have to live with the lump so be it i- the main thing is i don't have cancer and can get on with life:-) hugs jan xx

John Gondolf January 21, 2018 at 6:34 AM Jan, I’m so happy to hear your news, hopefully you are sleeping a little better these days my friend. John Jan Allison January 21, 2018 at 6:42 AM I'm still uncomfy with the blood clot but that is getting better the important thing is my mind is at peace and I can move on. i slept so so so much after the surgery i didn't realise how the general anaesthetic would knock me for six I wish they'd warned me in advance. The last time I had one I was 5 and i was in hospital a couple of days so i wouldn't have realised about the tiredness and kids do bounce back so quickly from these things:-) hugs jan xx

Jack Horne January 20, 2018 at 2:46 PM YAY - I feel so happy for you, my friend xx Jan Allison January 20, 2018 at 3:20 PM It's been a difficult time Jack when my hubby was undergoing tests we KNEW he had cancer but they just couldn't find it and it took two years! I was worried when I had a lump and was realistic it could be malignant - who would have thought it would be a wart!:-) hugs Jan xx

Billy Thekidster January 20, 2018 at 8:23 AM I don't know who is more relieved, you or me. You are the only one I can selfishly lean on when I'm feeling down, and you always seem to successfully lift my spirits. This is great news Jan. Stay healthy, please. Jan Allison January 20, 2018 at 3:18 PM aww thanks Billy its been a very worrying time with the waiting after the biopsy in November and then the surgery earlier this month but the main thing is its not serious and I can finally put it all behind me and get on with life:-) hugs jan xx

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart January 19, 2018 at 11:45 PM Big Hugs! Wonderful news :) xomo! Jan Allison January 20, 2018 at 3:14 PM Thanks Mo:-) hugs Jan xx

Pat Adams January 19, 2018 at 9:48 PM I'm glad to hear it's all ok! I've never heard of a wart inside your skin anywhere really. It might have been nice to know that was a possibility! Oh well, as they say all's well that ends well. Hmmmm...kind of overused the word well there. Oh well.......80(...........80) Jan Allison January 20, 2018 at 3:14 PM You can guarantee I would be different Pat lol I'd never heard of a papilloma but i sure am glad i had that and not cancer and of course I get a poem out of it too!:-) hugs jan xx

Anna Hopper January 19, 2018 at 8:11 PM So amazing! I know it must have been fun, writing this one! Glad to here! Jan Allison January 20, 2018 at 3:01 PM Thanks Anna - when I went for the original biopsy results I'd already written a poem called 'I've got cancer' as that is what was suspected by me at any rate - I am so so glad I didn't have to post it and hope I never will, but i am realistic after my hubby had cancer and that is what started me writing in the first place:-) hugs jan xx

Seren Roberts January 19, 2018 at 7:38 PM Jan I am glad it wasn't what you thought...Just a silly old watt...... snuggled deep within your tissue.... Thinking why is that an issue.... breast is best so I've been taught. Glad you are up and running again...Seren . Jan Allison January 20, 2018 at 2:58 PM Thanks so much for encouraging me to write a poem about this alien being Seren lol:-) hugs jan xx

Rhoda Tripp January 19, 2018 at 7:35 PM Congratulations, Dearheart on some great and relieving news. Nice write, Sweetie. Jan Allison January 20, 2018 at 2:55 PM Thanks so much Rhoda:-) hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich January 19, 2018 at 6:39 PM It's SO great for you that it was only a wart!! You got a cute limerick set out of it too. Jan, did I tell you I got a big purple wart or mole on my leg last year? he pulled out this smooth big dot and underneath it was a ball like a small white pearl. SO WEIRD!!! I am kind of glad I got hardly any comments today. I think I will just relax with tv and then start dinner. Jan Allison January 20, 2018 at 2:54 PM Yes I remember you telling me about your wart - who would have thought i would copy you but mine was on the inside not the outside!:-) hugs Jan xx

Richard Lamoureux January 19, 2018 at 5:37 PM I am happy for you Jan, the waiting must have been hellish. Hugs Rick. Jan Allison January 19, 2018 at 5:41 PM It's been a real nightmare Rick it was mid November the lump was found and as the first biopsy was indecisive I still had to have surgery to remove it - thankfully I am fine!:-) hugs jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen January 19, 2018 at 1:19 PM - Hurray !!! - Yes, you are unique! - So glad for this amazing news, Jan - Wish you a happy weekend :)- .... // ....... my smile will not disappear from my lips ... brilliant news :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Jan Allison January 19, 2018 at 4:38 PM I am absolutely stunned that it could be a wart I'd never heard of a papilloma ... I wasn't expecting anything like that!!!! the main thing is its gone and it was not cancer so i can now finally begin to move on and get on with life as I've been in limbo waiting waiting:-) hugs jan xx

Eric Boddie January 19, 2018 at 11:46 AM i am so glad that all is well....i am so glad this is a story you Lived to tell....i am so glad your stress is gone....and i am so glad to tell you that you are not alone....because no matter how many miles are in our way....if you ever need a friend, i am just a keystroke away....God Bless you jan....;) Jan Allison January 19, 2018 at 11:50 AM Thanks so much Eric, happy new year its good to see you back on soup:-) hugs jan xx

Tim Smith January 19, 2018 at 11:45 AM Great news, I see you are perky : ) Jan Allison January 19, 2018 at 11:46 AM ha ha ha I definitely am lol:-) hugs jan xx

Alexis Y. January 19, 2018 at 11:21 AM Hi Jan, I am delighted to hear the good news. Enjoy your day you have reason to celebrate:-) Alexis Jan Allison January 19, 2018 at 11:42 AM Thanks Alexis I can finally put it behind me and I only have to go back so they can keep an eye on the blood clot - I hope in 2 weeks time it will have reduced in size and they can sign me off completely:-) hugs Jan xx

Mick Talbot January 19, 2018 at 10:26 AM O I feel so happy for you, you take care now, Mick Jan Allison January 19, 2018 at 11:40 AM Thanks Mick I can move on with life now have very much been in limbo with the uncertainty of the diagnosis:-) hugs jan xx

James Edward Lee Sr. January 19, 2018 at 10:17 AM God, knows He's there, He cares you're already were already healed. Blessings to you and yours. Brilliant write. (I dislike cancer my mother died from breast cancer at 39years) Prayers, Peace and longevity of life... WRITE ON James :0 Jan Allison January 19, 2018 at 11:40 AM Thanks James my maternal grandmother died of it too so I've always been breast aware:-) hugs jan xx

Tom Cunningham January 19, 2018 at 9:58 AM Any lump found is a great cause of worry and stress and should be investigated without delay. Thankfully Jan, it wasn't what you feared. Regards Tom. Jan Allison January 19, 2018 at 11:38 AM I've had lumps in the past Tom but this one they couldn't dismiss immediately so I had the biopsy which was 'indeterminable' and then surgery to remove it - and then had to wait wait wait but the result in the end was i don't have cancer. If I have a lump in the future I will opt straight for surgery if i can!:-) hugs jan xx