Mammogram is done.
So is my uncertainty.
Everything is good.
Next up: MRI in November.
Posts Tagged ‘mammogram’
Mammogram Done
Monday, June 21st, 2010Mammogram Monday
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Photo: waterrose, Flickr
I’m not sure how my birthday and my annual mammogram ended up sharing the same week, but gosh, how bad is that going to be if something fishy turns up the day after the happy occasion of turning another year older? Yikes. Everything turned out A-OK last year (mammo the day before my birthday), so fingers crossed the pattern continues.
This morning, my boobies will endure the ceremonial flattening (think Jack Black, plus a lot more skin), and I can only hope that I return to announce that they are just fine and dandy.
Pretty blue robe, here I come.
Jack Black Gives Himself a Mammogram
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Get a mammogram. Jack Black did. Well, sort of.
For more information, scoot on over to Men for Women Now.
Flashback: November 19, 2004
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Elisabeth Augusta, Flickr
I was the youngest person waiting to get my mammogram, another sign that this lump was nothing serious because it is not common for young women to have breast cancer. Mammograms are not even recommended for women under the age of 40. I am 34.
The mammogram films looked OK, and the technician told me the doctor would talk to me, but that she was not worried about anything. This was true, but she did an ultrasound anyway to look further at the lump. She determined it was not a cyst, which is fairly common, and nothing serious. It could be a fibroma (a common growth that can be removed or left in place without harm) or it could be cancer. She said she wanted me to have the lump removed. She wanted it out and in a jar, she said.
I asked her if it could be cancer, and she said it could be.
Flashback: November 18, 2004
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
pfala, Flickr
I went to my OB/GYN on November 18. My doctor felt the lump but was confident it was nothing to worry about. It moved around easily, there was no discharge from my nipple, I did not feel any pain: all signs that it was benign. But it’s routine to get a mammogram for any mass so I got one the next day.
Mammogram and MRI: Mix ‘Em Up
Thursday, October 8th, 2009Check this out: I just read in Family Circle magazine (October 1, 2009) that alternating between mammograms and MRIs every six months is a potentially lifesaving measure for women at high risk for breast cancer. This comes straight from new research out of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. I find this reassuring because it’s the exact schedule I follow — mammogram, MRI six months later, mammogram six months later, and so on.
More research, from Dartmouth University in Hanover, New Hampshire, found that MRIs can spot tumors not found in mammogram or ultrasound in 20 percent of breast cancers.
I think I’m covered. Whew.
Get Fit and Get Your Mammogram
Friday, August 7th, 2009We don’t know what causes breast cancer, but we can take steps to decrease our risk. Here are two.
Simple enough, right? OK, maybe the getting fit part is easier said than done. But you can find some great inspiration for slimming down and working up a sweat over at That’s Fit — I’m an editor and writer there, so I’m partial to the place. And to make good on that mammogram (yes, it might hurt, but I promise it’s not as painful as breast cancer), check out these American Cancer Society recommendations for who should get a mammo and when. Self-exams are important too. Here, how to do them.
Happy Birthday to Me!
Friday, June 19th, 2009
Tomorrow is my birthday, and today I had a mammogram that looked perfectly pretty. The technician who delivered my results sang “Happy Birthday” to me, and I must say it feels pretty good to have almost reached the age of 39 when at the age of 34, I wasn’t so sure I’d live very long at all. Time to celebrate — should have kept that party dress I’m wearing in the photo above!
Mammogram + Ultrasound Today
Friday, June 19th, 2009Fingers crossed.
