It would really be nice to have a new body and mind. Spoiler alert: women's issues coming up.
A year after my first mammogram I had to get a stereotactical biopsy on my left breast for what turned out to be a calcification and an ultrasound guided one on my right breast for what turned out to be a benign fibroadenoma. I have dense breasts to begin with so the regular mammogram is accompanied with ultrasounds which find things like the fibroadenoma which wouldn't normally show up on the mammo imaging, and can size them to make sure they're not growing into something malignant.
I'm not technically in the medical field but I know generally what I'm looking at in ultrasounds/CT scans/X-rays, etc. So when I was watching the monitor I had my first uh-oh moment since I could see a space that shouldn't be there. The first tech went to get a second one, then the radiologist was called in which is always a big red flag.
Sure enough, today I was officially notified of something suspicious in the left breast, but probably another fibroadenoma or duct debris that wasn't present 12 months ago, so it's off to another biopsy in June. I refuse to have it done before my vacation since it's about a week until everything gets back to normal but at least it's just a regular ultrasound needle biopsy. Appointment made, doctor's prescription for the biopsy ordered, so I think everything is set.
But dear god, what is wrong with my body that I have had so many medical problems?! I'm beyond tired of it where I feel like being in the hospital, doctor's office, lab, imaging apparatus is just my fate. So I want a do-over; a new body where I would accept my self-inflicted problems but not random occurrences like the biopsies. Maybe the technology will exist someday.
A year after my first mammogram I had to get a stereotactical biopsy on my left breast for what turned out to be a calcification and an ultrasound guided one on my right breast for what turned out to be a benign fibroadenoma. I have dense breasts to begin with so the regular mammogram is accompanied with ultrasounds which find things like the fibroadenoma which wouldn't normally show up on the mammo imaging, and can size them to make sure they're not growing into something malignant.
I'm not technically in the medical field but I know generally what I'm looking at in ultrasounds/CT scans/X-rays, etc. So when I was watching the monitor I had my first uh-oh moment since I could see a space that shouldn't be there. The first tech went to get a second one, then the radiologist was called in which is always a big red flag.
Sure enough, today I was officially notified of something suspicious in the left breast, but probably another fibroadenoma or duct debris that wasn't present 12 months ago, so it's off to another biopsy in June. I refuse to have it done before my vacation since it's about a week until everything gets back to normal but at least it's just a regular ultrasound needle biopsy. Appointment made, doctor's prescription for the biopsy ordered, so I think everything is set.
But dear god, what is wrong with my body that I have had so many medical problems?! I'm beyond tired of it where I feel like being in the hospital, doctor's office, lab, imaging apparatus is just my fate. So I want a do-over; a new body where I would accept my self-inflicted problems but not random occurrences like the biopsies. Maybe the technology will exist someday.
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