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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsYAY! I don't have cancer.
I had my yearly mammogram about a month ago and they found something "suspicious." Now, there's been something "sketchy" in one of them since my mid-20s that turned out to be nothing so I never thought anything about it. This time it was the other one. I got a couple of letters telling me I'd better get it checked out ASAP but I'd already made the appointment for tomography and ultrasound. Still, they were unnerving.
So, for the last month, I've been stressing about it. I had the appointments for the tests today. The tech doing the ultrasound was somber and spent a lot of time on the test. Then she soberly told me that a radiologist would come in to discuss the "next steps, if any." So I'm sitting there, wondering if I should start making arrangements for the care of my cats, etc. Five minutes later she comes in all nonchalant, saying, "Meh, it's nothing. You're good until next year." It was blah blah blah and I'll show you to the exit. Have a great day!
Huh. There was a cloud over practically the entire month of October (which is my favorite month) for nothing?
And I'm not even mad about it.
Whew!
Raven123
(7,222 posts)walkingman
(10,015 posts)rurallib
(64,326 posts)Seems like we have had a lot of reports on here of members getting good reports. That is great!
DarthDem
(5,431 posts)lapfog_1
(31,365 posts)keep 'em coming!
Here is to your negative diagnosis!
fierywoman
(8,455 posts)KitFox
(454 posts)Trueblue1968
(18,872 posts)Now I just have to get rich of my thyroid cancer. ..... Congrats again.
Nittersing
(7,825 posts)Grim Chieftain
(792 posts)Do something special for yourself today to celebrate!
Picaro
(2,265 posts)You know I love your postings. Glad you will be with us for the foreseeable future.😉
pandr32
(13,581 posts)Now you can treat yourself to some relief. Thank goodness!
I am happy to hear you have cancer-free days ahead.
underpants
(193,626 posts)cachukis
(3,513 posts)Billsdaughter
(94 posts)around this week. As having gone through a very similar process just a few months ago, I can feel your exhale of relief from over here! Celebrate 🥳
GO LIONS!!!!
Magoo48
(6,664 posts)twodogsbarking
(16,422 posts)I see my doc regularly and I ain't no woman. Good for you my love. Stay well all.
irisblue
(36,398 posts)mitch96
(15,546 posts)LittleGirl
(8,862 posts)mountain grammy
(28,376 posts)wordstroken
(1,351 posts)to their patients anxiety about the outcome of their tests. That aloofness becomes more universal every year.
Thankfully, your high standards, compassion, and empathy for others both two and four legged are head and shoulders above so many professionals who have an impact on the lives of others every single day.
Congratulations on your test results!! Your DU family is here for you, and for each other.
Love
💕 ❤️
🦋 wordstroken
electric_blue68
(24,625 posts)70sEraVet
(5,056 posts)Just to make sure we don't take life for granted!
Kidding, of course, but glad you're ok.
generalbetrayus
(1,321 posts)he was very positive about my outcome even though I was at stage 4B of 5! Eleven and a half years later, I no longer have a prostate gland, and his positive outlook turned out to be accurate.
TommieMommy
(2,452 posts)ms.pamela
(45 posts)There is nothing like being told you don't have cancer after a suspicious mammogram, I know, I have had that experience too. This is great news.
Ohioboy
(3,824 posts)debm55
(51,878 posts)TomSlick
(12,772 posts)Thanks for sharing the good news.
John Coktosten
(61 posts)I'm happy for you!
DFW
(59,228 posts)When it was my wifes turn, at age 49, it WAS cancer. Because she has/had second class (sort of tourist class) health insurance, even though a malignancy was detected, she was put in line, and told to wait six months while they found her an operation time slot. She was only 49, and the cancer grew aggressively while she was waiting. She survived the operation, the chemo, the radiation and the rehab, but she suffered terribly, and unnecessarily. She is a fighter, and she received unwavering support from our daughters, her mom, her friends, and, of course, me. But it was no picnic, although it was good preparation for the next time she had cancer, the second time being a form of cancer known here as the murderer. It is called that because it spreads quickly and silently, only showing itself when it is too late to save the patient. She was that one out of maybe ten thousand in the last two decades to survive it, due to a completely accidental discovery in its initial stage.
NNadir
(36,827 posts)...one of her breasts.
That was a pretty long four hours of my life.
It was nothing it turned out, a benign cyst.
Congrats.
You are absolutely right to not be mad about it.
My sister-in-law had no such luck. She did have cancer. Her world class surgeon saved her breast and excised the tumor. She's a ten year survivor in remission.
Congratulations again, and once more, again, congratulations. Keep those cat shows coming.
Wild blueberry
(7,968 posts)Glad to hear it.
All of us and all the animals are happy, too.
Cheers!!!
area51
(12,501 posts)stillspkg
(137 posts)Good news!
Laurelin
(746 posts)That's wonderful news.
KT2000
(21,781 posts)Celebrate!!
CaptainTruth
(7,962 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(13,712 posts)I'm so happy for you.
brer cat
(27,185 posts)AllaN01Bear
(27,805 posts)HeartsCanHope
(1,381 posts)He had to wait for a couple of months to get in for a colonoscopy. It was so hard--my husband lost his father to colon cancer and he was reliving that, too. So sorry you had to go through that, catbyte. So happy for you that you are okay!
Fla Dem
(27,249 posts)So clad all's good and you can relax. Make sure you get those annual exams catbyte. They love you and need you.
Clouds Passing
(6,322 posts)Recently had my yearly mammo, waiting for results 🤞🏼🤞🏼 Had bc in 2011, scary times.
Rizen
(981 posts)My mom died because her breast cancer had metastasized because she didn't find it early enough.
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,408 posts)dlk
(13,004 posts)You can breathe more easily now. Appreciate your sharing.
hamsterjill
(16,682 posts)I had such a sense of gratitude when I got the "no worries" result. I stress every year.
Happy you had a "non issue" and certainly understand the cloud you describe. Now, it's time for you to celebrate!!!
Marie Marie
(10,661 posts)They pick up every microscopic thing which is good but can be terrifying when you get that call telling you that you need to return. So glad that yours was benign Catbyte. Now go celebrate and get out from under that worrying month.
JudyM
(29,555 posts)glad you're ok, catbyte!
MIButterfly
(1,581 posts)What a relief! I'm so glad the news is good! We need you here, catbyte!
Polly Hennessey
(8,297 posts)karin_sj
(1,274 posts)So happy for you, catbyte!
wendyb-NC
(4,505 posts)Celebrate! It can be stressful when tests are results show "something' suspicious. Glad you are okay. Stay well always.
LetMyPeopleVote
(171,960 posts)MissouriDem47
(314 posts)What a sense of relief that must be.
Bayard
(27,579 posts)I always look for your posts, Catbyte.

summer_in_TX
(3,899 posts)So relieved for you.