mammogram, part 2

[quietann]

argh. I had to go back, because they thought there was a suspicious looking spot in my breast. This time they used the smaller breast-squisher mentioned by drbitch, and it *did* hurt.

It turns out that the spot was just from the way my breast was squished during the first mammogram; several small bits of tissue were lined up one above the other, and made what looked like a single spot. This is one of the problems with using a 2-d technique on a 3-d object....

So, no problems, "come back next year!" is all they said :)

Comments

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

Yay! You don't have to go through what I did. Yay!

no problems-yeah!

[ommango.livejournal.com]

I am a friend of

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I am a friend of <lj-user"bethr">bethr</lj-user> and can't help but to notice your posts, and now say hi. Having a breast scare like you did is certainly scary and I hope you are now able to relax. Hoping you are feeling better about the whole thing and I am sending my sympathy for what you went through.

Re: no problems-yeah!

[quietann.livejournal.com]

Hi!

It actually wasn't *that* scary given that I know a bit about how rarely these "suspicious" spots on mammograms -- especially baseline mammograms where they can't fgo back and look at last year's for comparison -- actually are anything serious. Oh sure, I worried a bit... but luckily they called me to let me know I needed to come back at 9:30 in the morning, and they squeezed me in for a 1:30 appointment on the same day -- so I didn't really have time to build up a good worry attack :)