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[birddrops]

On 10/1/2014 cater said:

HI birddrops, hope your having a nice day this first day of October.

Hi cater, thank you! Always good to see you.

[Mama Mia]

On 10/1/2014 Shorty2U said:

Thanks again for replies.

You gals are lucky if you get your results right away. In my opinion they should do that for everyone who had cancer so they don't sit and worry.

About getting a mammo every 6 months, not here as far as anyone I know who had breast cancer. Im thinking that may be due to insurance not paying for 6 months, but only yearly? I don't know. Maybe its the Doctors?

Checked my mail, every year since I got mammograms I got a card 2 days after my mammo except the year I had cancer and today. I didn't get a card today.

I am praying this is just a fluke. The card is vague since my cancer because it notes changes due to former breast surgery, but at least getting one helps not to worry as much so I wish I had one.

Now Im more worried.

Shorty, I feel so bad for you, but as a lot of posters have suggested, call your doctor's office and get the results now. No reason for you to sit and worry.

I'm not sure if I understand here, but a doctor can prescribe a mammo as often as he thinks it is needed, and they just code it that way. After my bc, mine were often for awhile.

Still good thoughts for you.

mm

[Tyak]

shorty,

When you get your mammos, are they coded as 'diagnostic or screening' mammograms? My understanding is that anyone having had breast cancer in the past is always given a diagnostic mammo and it's read by a radiologist immediately after taking the pictures and you're told the results before you leave. That's the way mine have been done since my diagnosis. After my diagnosis, I had mammos every 6 months for two years and yearly after the two year mark. I hope you get good news very soon because we all know how anxious one can get after you've been diagnosed with the big C.

[Shorty2U]

Thank you all again for your kind words and prayers.

Tyak yes its a diagnostic mammo since I had breast cancer. A Dr @ the hospital always reads it while you wait, and then if they need more pics you get more, if not they let you go. But they never ever tell me, but like I said I do get a card and since having the cancer I see the cancer surgeon the week after for results.

They didn't tell me when I had cancer 5 yrs ago, but I got a call to see the cancer surgeon, (instead of a card), and then a biopsy and then I got a bag with cancer items and that's how I was told. (I forget if I got the bag before or after the biopsy, but I did get called to see him after my mammo back then.

I figure they wont call because Im seeing him Monday but if I don't get a card tomorrow maybe I will call like others said because till Monday Ill be a nervous wreck.

Yes I often worry more than others but I never really think of my cancer until its check up time.

No matter what happens I am going to suggest to my Drs that they should tell people right away and not make them wait if they had cancer before. Because from reading on here I see many are told right away so why not in my area?

[minkbunny]

Wishing you the best, Shorty. I have never been in your shoes personally so I cannot tell you how to feel but I hope you are able to get some rest tonight and can get some good news from the doctor's office tomorrow.

[Tyak]

On 10/1/2014 Shorty2U said:

Thank you all again for your kind words and prayers.

Tyak yes its a diagnostic mammo since I had breast cancer. A Dr @ the hospital always reads it while you wait, and then if they need more pics you get more, if not they let you go. But they never ever tell me, but like I said I do get a card and since having the cancer I see the cancer surgeon the week after for results.

They didn't tell me when I had cancer 5 yrs ago, but I got a call to see the cancer surgeon, (instead of a card), and then a biopsy and then I got a bag with cancer items and that's how I was told. (I forget if I got the bag before or after the biopsy, but I did get called to see him after my mammo back then.

I figure they wont call because Im seeing him Monday but if I don't get a card tomorrow maybe I will call like others said because till Monday Ill be a nervous wreck.

Yes I often worry more than others but I never really think of my cancer until its check up time.

No matter what happens I am going to suggest to my Drs that they should tell people right away and not make them wait if they had cancer before. Because from reading on here I see many are told right away so why not in my area?

I have the Queen of Worrying title, shorty. You cannot be as bad as I am when it comes to worrying about a recurrence. T's & P's to you for a good report.

[Me And My Shadow]

(((((Shorty)))))...I would definitely give your Dr.'s office a call tomorrow and check with them...explain your anxiety and worry and that you would appreciate not having to wait until your appointment next week.

Sending a prayer and positive thoughts your way!...I bet that all will work out well and you will be celebrating with a glass of wine!...We all will join in with you!

[lizzief]

I would go to a new radiology center next time. The whole purpose of a diagnostic mammogram is that the radiologist reads it right away and gives you the results. I'm a 10 yr survivor, the tech always comes out and says something like "see you next year," "you're fine," or at least a thumbs up. Definitely call your doctor tomorrow and don't take no for an answer! I totally understand your anxiety, it happens to me every year, I hold my breath the entire time. Please let us know what happens, you have a lot of support here!

[sylviahomeatlast]

You're in my prayers, Shorty. I always pray for the sick and suffering. I always ask for blessings for everyone else. I say, all the people who are in my life. That includes anyone I have talked to.

[pdxlalesley]

shorty2U,

I am also at my 5-year mark of being free of breast cancer. When I had my last annual mammogram the tech called me back in for more diagnostics, then one of the honchos in the white coat and clipboard came in. Thankfully I mentioned I had had two reduction surgeries done on my remaining breast. What they were concerned about (and scaring the k rap out of me) was scar tissue from those reduction surgeries. Everything had come flooding back from my initial diagnosis, and I was shaking with anxiety.

Tomorrow I have a mammogram scheduled which I have been putting off for months, due to not wanting to be terrified by something benign, again. As survivors I don't know that we will ever feel completely "safe" again. Please be strong and know there are many of us going through similar kinds of situations. I will send you a prayer as I know you will for me. Stay strong and live long!