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6026. wonkers2 - 3/20/2004 7:43:17 AM Judith, Cap'n Dirty sez "Breast exams aboard the Tomater Sloop. No charge!" 6027. anomie - 3/20/2004 8:06:44 AM Wonks,
Me thinks you may need an assistant, or....First Mate...or whatever. ha!
6028. Magoseph - 3/20/2004 11:00:37 PM "your examination showed a finding that requires additional imaging studies forcomplete evaluation. Most such finding's are benign (not cancer)."
Juds, I have had two similar warnings in recent years, both were caused by Fibroadenoma and I needed no biopsies after second mammograms were taken and examined by experts in such lumps.
6029. thoughtful - 3/22/2004 2:44:59 AM So sorry to hear about your troubles. I'm fortunate in that where I go for mammos, they make you wait and if they see something funny, they ultrasound you right away so you don't have to go back. They did this to me one time when they found "something" and then after ultrasound, several people looking, much head scratching, decided it's not cancer, no way is it cancer, but we're flummoxed as to what it is. Had me come back 6 mos later and looked again...no change, so it is what it is.
I'm thinking of you and hope you get the answers you most want to hear. 6030. judithathome - 3/22/2004 5:04:11 AM Thanks...I called the place and I'm going in on Friday afternoon at 4pm. I figure if it were something serious, they'd have made room for me earlier so I'm not going to worry about it. 6031. wonkers2 - 3/22/2004 7:04:41 AM Judith, we're keeping our fingers crossed for you! 6032. arkymalarky - 3/22/2004 7:17:42 AM I'm glad you got it scheduled, Judith, and if it's like it was with me, they let you know right then whether it needs further testing and what they see.
Thoughtful, that's a very Thoughful™ service where you go. I wish they did like that here, though the radiologist will talk to you when you get checked in the follow-up. Mine came back normal this time. 6033. arkymalarky - 3/22/2004 7:19:53 AM One thing I will never do again is the mammogram van that comes to school every year. It's a great service, but when you go to a different hospital for follow-up on a flagged reading it's awful trying to coordinate and get screens, etc, and a bunch of people besides me have had flagged readings from it. 6034. judithathome - 3/22/2004 7:21:58 AM Well, the scheduler stressed that I shoud be there on time because "that's the latest we schedule those types of readings" and I assumed it was because the person would be there. Thanks for telling me that, Arky...and congratulations on your good report!
And thanks, wonks! 6035. arkymalarky - 3/22/2004 7:37:51 AM Thanks.
When I got the ultra-sound last year the lady who did it about freaked me out when she said "Hey, that's a big one!"
I said "A big what!?" and she looked at me like *duh* and said, "a cyst." 6036. judithathome - 3/26/2004 10:24:06 AM I'm going in for a needle biopsy on 7 April and the doctor said we'd see what this thing is and go from there. 6037. arkymalarky - 3/26/2004 11:27:30 AM I hope it goes well, Judith. Did he say anything about the size of it? 6038. judithathome - 3/27/2004 12:04:09 AM He said it was about the size of a small pea. It looked odd to me but of course, I've only seen normal film...you could definitely tell it was there. 6039. wabbit - 3/27/2004 1:49:51 AM Good luck, JaH, I hope it turns out to be nothing to worry about. 6040. wonkers2 - 3/27/2004 4:51:10 AM It's probably nothing. But if it is something, there have been great advances in recent years in treating breast cancer. 6041. judithathome - 3/27/2004 5:49:25 AM Thanks, guys...I'm not going to waste time worrying about anything until...and unless...I need to. 6042. seadate - 3/28/2004 5:20:32 AM LS, my thoughts are with you.
It just upsets me to no end that they just put you on such a laid back schedule.
NASA flew a at Mach 7 yesterday. Why, with today's technology and "efficiencies" in medical care, does it take two weeks to get a biopsy?
6043. seadate - 3/28/2004 5:21:40 AM Shit. I think I'm turning into a democrat. 6044. judithathome - 3/28/2004 5:31:24 AM Well, it's all thanks to my insurance and the doctor's spring break. He will be gone next week and for me to get another guy to do it, I'd have to go through another referral...after seeing my primary care doc..and it just seems like it's less red tape to wait. And I do like this doctor...we hit it off immdiately and that counts for a lot.
That sounds wussy, I know, but I'm not nearly as miffed about this delay as I am about still being in a leg cast! 6045. seadate - 3/28/2004 5:33:05 AM yeah, well ok then.
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