[Ny Minute Now]

Hi everyone! Here's a quick update (while an unfinished blog entry is simmering in the backburner). My good friend and Neighbor, The Beauty Writer, left a comment in the previous post saying I should update because my readers are worried. Sorry guys! And thanks so much for all who showed their concern :) I got out of the hospital safe and sound, a little squeamish, but alive nonetheless. I can now truly say that I will never ever get breast implants or any form of cosmetic surgery involving scalpels and intravenous medication. It's an exaggeration to say that I am hospital-averse, but I am not kidding: not counting reconstructive surgery in tragic situations, I see no reason why women should willingly, for the sake of vanity, subject themselves to all the poking, prodding, injecting, IV-ing... aghh! So, I am simply thankful and happy that I survived the operating room. I'm now just waiting for the results of the biopsies on the L.A.N.Y.'s so watch this space please and thank you so much in advance for all the prayers and well-wishes!

UPDATE 06/03/09: The L.A.N.Y.'s are benign! Thank you, Lord! :) Also, I recently found out that soy is considered a phytoestrogen (or a plant estrogen) known to mimic the qualities of the human hormone. Breast lumps, in theory, are considered to be the byproduct of high levels of estrogen in women. I only started eating bags of edamame in New York, so that could have been a factor, and stress, another. If you have a copy of this month's U.S. Men's Health, an article there (sorry, I forget the name and page) explains the effects of too much soy in grown men. But I'm sure a quick Google on "soy" will give you all pertinent information.