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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. 6046. seadate - 3/28/2004 5:34:29 AM LS, for a success story, my Mom is 15 years in remission from ovarian cancer. 6047. judithathome - 3/28/2004 5:37:48 AM That's great! And it's those sorts of things I like to hear.
I've been reading up on this some and I think I'm going to be pretty much prepared for when I see the doc again. ;-) 6048. seadate - 3/28/2004 5:40:34 AM Anyhow, hopefully it's nothing. 6049. arkymalarky - 3/28/2004 6:07:42 AM That is wonderful, Seadate.
Mom had to have a needle biopsy a few years ago and had to have a surgical biopsy after that because there was no fluid, and they went smoothly. They were both normal.
Way back before mammograms I had a friend in high school and college who got breast knots regularly (don't remember if they were cysts, but the doctor always removed them) and had to have several biopsies in the few years we worked together, before she was even out of her early 20s. It got to be routine with her. She's a registered nurse now. 6050. seadate - 3/28/2004 8:45:20 AM ouch
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