Not exactly what you'd want to hear (((((Kats))))). The upside is the "knowing" for sure what your next step is. Sending positive vibes and wishing you the very best! Early is good, very very good. Think of everyone here as "holding your hand"
:lips:

Tuesday, just around the corner. :praying:Silence is golden, tell them you want it in a 12 oz bar or a couple Krugerands.. Good luck.

Good. Early is good. Cancer doesn't knock, so am glad you are doing the big stuff, and knocking it out. Check out the breast surgeons in your neck of the woods. Write, call, and scream anytime you wish. Get it out.



STAY N TOUCH YA'LL . Tommi :fastdraq:

Hey All,

Just wanted to send a huge "high 5" to the folks in this thread for screening, early detection, and proactive exams. Big stuff and it's so so SO important for all of us to take care of our selves and each other!

Big Love!

<3

;) @ Tommi

Just wanted you to know I was sending you positive vibes and prayers your way :)

Well my doctor's appointment isn't until tomorrow, but I got a letter from the radiology center today....says the area is "probably benign" and requires follow up in 6 months. I'll take it! :)

Good for you for standing up for yourself and getting an earlier appointment. :rrose:

I'll be sending you good energy on Thursday morning. :gimmehug:

Thank you Julie!!! It will be a radiologist that will be doing this test. And that is all she does do; working at the Breast and Diagnosis Center in an Emory Univeristy satelitte.

I am not sure I will get nervous though. I have had several caudal nerve blocks, spinal cord implant surgery, knee surgery, and other surgical procedures all done in the last ten years since I was injured. And all done awake.

I will however be taking my Hydocodene before the procedure and my daughter is going with me. The tech at the local hospital just dropped off my films so that part is done. She said I have a cluster of calcifications what ever that means. She showed me with the tip of her little finger how small it is. I am not going to look at the films. I saw the mammo that was done 2.5 weeks ago and that was enough.

It was lucky that I called today so I can stop taking the blood thiners. Whew!!!

Thank you everyone for all the support! No one should ever feel they are alone during times like these. And I think that is why I am calm because I do not feel alone.

{{{ Kats }}}

I will never forget the moment I found my lump. I felt it, and everything froze. My fingers went straight back to it. And again. And again. I couldn't believe it. It wasn't possible. I was barely 30. I had my lover feel (She's an RN). I watched her face. I knew the moment she realized it wasn't just fiberous tissue or a fatty tumor. I watched the wrinkles form above her brow. And I cried.

I knew I needed a mammogram. And I put it off. And off. And off. I kept going back to that damned lump tho. And yet, I put it off. My friends, my family, my wife, encouraged me to get myself to the doctor, and quick. And yet, it was MY journey, my lump, my body, my breasts, and MY TIME.

I was so freaking scared. I was petrified. I cried so much. Finally, four months later, I made myself get a mammogram. And, I am one of the lucky ones.

The point of this, I hope, is that you will take away some hope! My lump is just a lump. Nothing bad living inside it. I am due for another mammogram in a couple of months, and we will make sure I am still fine. But, I will go into this one with hope!!! Take that with you when you go for your biopsy. Go in with hope instead of dread, carry it with you like a sheild.

Good luck, Sweetheart. I wish you nothing but positive experiences!!! May you be quickly seen, and quickly relieved of your worry!! My PMs are always open if you need to chat!

*Hugs*

Lis

Thank you Lis!!!! I do understand that fear and wanting to put off the mammogram. I bet you were terrified. But how wonderful you are ok!!!!

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