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This is much more than a hospital waiting room

~ Carolyn Thomas ~ 15 Comments

by Carolyn Thomas   ❤️   Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky)

I wrote last week about the overwhelming experience I’d just had in the Breast Imaging Clinic at our local hospital. I was there for a mammogram because I’d recently found a lump in my right breast. Something suspicious was spotted on that mammogram, so an ultrasound was immediately next in line. Then something even more suspicious was spotted on the ultrasound, which prompted the radiologist who reviewed my tests to announce that I needed a biopsy to rule out breast cancer. (FYI: I’ll likely learn my pathology results on Tuesday).  UPDATE:  The “not wonderful” new diagnosis I didn’t see coming

But what I didn’t mention last week was something I’ve been thinking about since that day – which was my shocked reaction to spending time in the Breast Imaging Clinic waiting room – but not for the reasons you might expect:   Continue reading “This is much more than a hospital waiting room” →

Waiting, worrying and medical test results. . .

~ Carolyn Thomas ~ 28 Comments

by Carolyn Thomas   ❤️   Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky)

 About a week ago, in the shower, I felt a lump in my right breast.

Coincidentally, I’d already had a similar experience decades earlier in my mid-30s (a lump – same breast, same spot – also discovered while showering). The lump was surgically removed under general anaesthesia – a procedure called at the time a quadrant resection.  I was a wreck back then. I was worried sick. I felt so frightened. I cried. A lot!  Luckily, the final pathology report at the time described that lump as a “benign mass” (meaning: non-cancerous).

All that stressful pre-op worry – over a benign mass.      Continue reading “Waiting, worrying and medical test results. . .” →