The following day, I met the oncology surgeon, Dr. Sigal Librant. She too examined my lump. "Even if the ultra sound had been OK, I'd say it's suspicious.' She explained that to use a needle to extract a sliver from the lump would be difficult to do because the lump was small - also, it would take three weeks for the results. Instead, she recommended removing the lump in its entirety. She got no argument from me, I was heartily sick of the lump by then and wanted nothing more than to excise it from my body. She made a note to herself, marking it Urgent, and gave me her phone number. She would set up an operation within the week, she said.
I called her on Thursday and she told me to be ready to come to the
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