Early
There's nothing like a 7:15 am mammogram to wake you the hell up on a Monday morning! :) Honestly, I don't know what I was thinking. Well, I guess I was thinking that I didn't want to come into work too late and waste my vacation time for a mammogram, so I made it incredibly early. I always go in April so it's near my birthday and I don't forget. So by calculations, that means it's my 17th mammogram. I started earlier than they usually recommend (at age 30) because with my mom dying so early, I had no idea if I had any history of, well, anything. The only one that wasn't routine was last year's. When they found enlarged lymph nodes in my body in various places, something came up in that PET scan that showed "something" in/near my breasts that they weren't sure what it was, and recommended a mammogram ASAP. I've never had a radiology center make a mammogram appointment for me same day before, and that was a bit scary. Fortunately it was nothing to be concerned about. So it was much nicer to go in today for a routine scan. Having a larger stomach than I have breasts, it's always a challenge (1) how to find enough breast tissue to stick under the plate and (2) how not to get my stomach stuck in it as well. Some radiologists are better at this than others. This one wasn't bad. So I'm back in the office far earlier than expected (only got in 10 minutes later than my start time!) and ready to start the day. Maybe I'll wake up soon. :)
Labels: Health
posted by Sue @ 8:24 AM
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4 Comments:
I held my breath through this post. I'm breathing again. :-)
Sorry! I do have to wait 2 weeks for the results - I love the people at the Seattle Comprehensive Breast Center, but hate that they can't give me instant results (like every other place I've ever gone). Unfortunately, I've had so many of these type of tests that I've gotten very matter-of-fact about them (like last year when they thought I had lymphoma after some other tests), so I sometimes forget that people who care about me can get freaked out by stuff I haven't let bother me yet. Here's to hoping I continue to have nothing to get freaked out about. :)
I think that they wait just to pull a CYA manouver (cover your a>>). When I had my only mammogram in my life (I get MRIs now), I was there for hours, had multiple mammograms, and got to see the radiologist in person, and got ultrasounds, and walked away with a biopsy appointment and the news that it was likely that I had breast cancer. The fact that they glanced at your films and sent you away is a very, very good thing. :-)
That's good to know, although I'm sorry that you have first-hand knowledge that tells you why that probably is. :(
My younger sister has had some follow-ups on her mammograms from time to time - both of us have very dense, lumpy tissue in places that make it a little hard to read. So far, so good, for both of us. I've had my fair share of other tests where radiologists say "oh my" or things like that, which make you stop breathing, and then find out it's nothing. I hope that continues to be the case!
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