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catbyte

(38,153 posts)
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:38 AM 14 hrs ago

YAY! 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!

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YAY! I don't have cancer. (Original Post) catbyte 14 hrs ago OP
Good news is always welcome. Happy for you. Raven123 14 hrs ago #1
Yay, Indeed! walkingman 14 hrs ago #2
PHWEW! So glad for you rurallib 14 hrs ago #3
Congratulations!!! That's so fantastic to hear. DarthDem 14 hrs ago #4
Your catbyte posts are my daily "bright spot" lapfog_1 14 hrs ago #5
Mine too ! fierywoman 5 hrs ago #48
So happy for your great news and relief from the stress of waiting, wondering and worrying! KitFox 14 hrs ago #6
Thank God girl !!!!! Happy for you. My cancer is done and i am cancer free now. Trueblue1968 14 hrs ago #7
Hooray!!! Nittersing 14 hrs ago #8
Wonderful news, catbyte Grim Chieftain 14 hrs ago #9
Very glad to hear you got the all clear Picaro 14 hrs ago #10
Call it a Halloween scare! pandr32 14 hrs ago #11
Great news! underpants 13 hrs ago #12
Aces! cachukis 13 hrs ago #13
So happy for you and us! Lots of worry going Billsdaughter 13 hrs ago #14
Yahooooooooo Magoo48 13 hrs ago #15
The saying is that women go to the doctor when well but men go when they aren't well. twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #16
Happy news!!!!! irisblue 13 hrs ago #17
Great news for the Cat Lady!!!! nt mitch96 13 hrs ago #18
Phew! Very happy for you. nt LittleGirl 13 hrs ago #19
Great news!!! Yay for sure! mountain grammy 13 hrs ago #20
So glad to hear about your super-great news, catbyte. As an RN, I hear you about healthcare staff who are aloof wordstroken 13 hrs ago #21
EXCELLENT News! 🎉 electric_blue68 13 hrs ago #22
Maybe every year we should get a good health scare, 70sEraVet 13 hrs ago #23
Great news, catbyte! I was luckier than you in that when I was referred to a urologist for possible prostate cancer, generalbetrayus 13 hrs ago #24
Yippee 😁 TommieMommy 12 hrs ago #25
No Cancer ms.pamela 12 hrs ago #26
Yay! Ohioboy 12 hrs ago #27
I am so glad you are okay. Love, deb. debm55 12 hrs ago #28
Yay, indeed! TomSlick 12 hrs ago #29
This is awesome! John Coktosten 12 hrs ago #30
Be happy. Be VERY happy! DFW 12 hrs ago #31
About 25 years ago, my wife advanced to the surgical biopsy stage, upon signing that she might wake up without... NNadir 12 hrs ago #32
Good news! Wild blueberry 12 hrs ago #33
Yay! area51 12 hrs ago #34
Excellent! stillspkg 11 hrs ago #35
Congratulations!! Laurelin 11 hrs ago #36
Yay is right!! KT2000 10 hrs ago #37
YAY!!! CaptainTruth 10 hrs ago #38
That's great news MustLoveBeagles 9 hrs ago #39
Great bews! I am so happy for you. brer cat 9 hrs ago #40
yay. AllaN01Bear 8 hrs ago #41
My husband's doctor sent him a cologuard test and the results came back as positive for cancer. HeartsCanHope 8 hrs ago #42
Good News is always appreciated, especially this type of good news. Fla Dem 6 hrs ago #43
Yay! Healthy boobies 😁 Clouds Passing 6 hrs ago #44
That's great! Early detection is very important. Rizen 6 hrs ago #45
WHOOPIE, catbyte!!!! some_of_us_are_sane 5 hrs ago #46
Fantastic news! dlk 5 hrs ago #47
Been there. Done that. Nervewracking!!! hamsterjill 5 hrs ago #49
Yup me too. The technology in mammograms is sometimes a double edged sword. Marie Marie 3 hrs ago #53
yikes, unnecessary drama JudyM 4 hrs ago #50
Yahoo! MIButterfly 3 hrs ago #51
Good news catbyte, and remember Novemberis almost as good as October. Polly Hennessey 3 hrs ago #52
Wonderful news! karin_sj 3 hrs ago #54
Very good news wendyb-NC 3 hrs ago #55
Great news LetMyPeopleVote 3 hrs ago #56
Good for you and your cats MissouriDem47 2 hrs ago #57
Happy Dance Time! Bayard 2 hrs ago #58
You and Omaha Steve's good news lift my spirits. summer_in_TX 2 hrs ago #59

rurallib

(64,326 posts)
3. PHWEW! So glad for you
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:55 AM
14 hrs ago

Seems like we have had a lot of reports on here of members getting good reports. That is great!

lapfog_1

(31,365 posts)
5. Your catbyte posts are my daily "bright spot"
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 12:03 PM
14 hrs ago

keep 'em coming!

Here is to your negative diagnosis!

KitFox

(454 posts)
6. So happy for your great news and relief from the stress of waiting, wondering and worrying!
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 12:03 PM
14 hrs ago

Trueblue1968

(18,872 posts)
7. Thank God girl !!!!! Happy for you. My cancer is done and i am cancer free now.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 12:07 PM
14 hrs ago

Now I just have to get rich of my thyroid cancer. ..... Congrats again.

Picaro

(2,265 posts)
10. Very glad to hear you got the all clear
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 12:21 PM
14 hrs ago

You know I love your postings. Glad you will be with us for the foreseeable future.😉

pandr32

(13,581 posts)
11. Call it a Halloween scare!
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 12:28 PM
14 hrs ago

Now you can treat yourself to some relief. Thank goodness!
I am happy to hear you have cancer-free days ahead.

Billsdaughter

(94 posts)
14. So happy for you and us! Lots of worry going
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 12:46 PM
13 hrs ago

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!!!!

twodogsbarking

(16,422 posts)
16. The saying is that women go to the doctor when well but men go when they aren't well.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 12:51 PM
13 hrs ago

I see my doc regularly and I ain't no woman. Good for you my love. Stay well all.

wordstroken

(1,351 posts)
21. So glad to hear about your super-great news, catbyte. As an RN, I hear you about healthcare staff who are aloof
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 01:10 PM
13 hrs ago

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

70sEraVet

(5,056 posts)
23. Maybe every year we should get a good health scare,
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 01:30 PM
13 hrs ago

Just to make sure we don't take life for granted!
Kidding, of course, but glad you're ok.

generalbetrayus

(1,321 posts)
24. Great news, catbyte! I was luckier than you in that when I was referred to a urologist for possible prostate cancer,
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 01:31 PM
13 hrs ago

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.

ms.pamela

(45 posts)
26. No Cancer
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 01:35 PM
12 hrs ago

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.

DFW

(59,228 posts)
31. Be happy. Be VERY happy!
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 02:16 PM
12 hrs ago

When it was my wife’s 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)
32. About 25 years ago, my wife advanced to the surgical biopsy stage, upon signing that she might wake up without...
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 02:21 PM
12 hrs ago

...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.

HeartsCanHope

(1,381 posts)
42. My husband's doctor sent him a cologuard test and the results came back as positive for cancer.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 05:57 PM
8 hrs ago

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)
43. Good News is always appreciated, especially this type of good news.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 07:51 PM
6 hrs ago

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)
44. Yay! Healthy boobies 😁
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 08:02 PM
6 hrs ago

Recently had my yearly mammo, waiting for results 🤞🏼🤞🏼 Had bc in 2011, scary times.

Rizen

(981 posts)
45. That's great! Early detection is very important.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 08:06 PM
6 hrs ago

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)
46. WHOOPIE, catbyte!!!!
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 09:01 PM
5 hrs ago
I KNOW what you mean! I have fibrocystic breasts and they do the same thing to me! Not fun going for that second scan.

hamsterjill

(16,682 posts)
49. Been there. Done that. Nervewracking!!!
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 09:12 PM
5 hrs ago

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)
53. Yup me too. The technology in mammograms is sometimes a double edged sword.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:11 PM
3 hrs ago

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.

wendyb-NC

(4,505 posts)
55. Very good news
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:25 PM
3 hrs ago

Celebrate! It can be stressful when tests are results show "something' suspicious. Glad you are okay. Stay well always.

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