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Back from my spot compression mammo...

17 years ago

OUCH! Geesh that hurt! I thought the end was going to pop right off! It wouldn't show through the mass either,so they called the Doc while I was there and he ordered a sonogram.Did it right then. So now I wait for the results.They showed me the first mammo and it just looks like a tiny spot to me...

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socks
17 years ago
Well, that was no fun! Glad they could do the sono right away. Keep us posted.
country_bumpkin_al
17 years ago
A "tiny spot"! That's ALL it is CR!! We HAVE to believe that! When will you find out that I'M right?*S*

Sorry it was so painful!! (((((CR)))))
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nodakgal
17 years ago
Awww shoot!
I could almost feel it Deb! Sorry it hurt so bad!
I hate waiting for results.
chubby_rat
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17 years ago
I asked her if she ever had one just pop open...LOL! She said ...no. Instead of the plate thingy on the top,they use an open square plastic thing that concentrates on a small area.Then they squeeze and squeeze til you cry UNCLE!
I'll find out in 3-4 days.
Thanks for thinking of me...I'll let you know what happens.She told me not to worry til they get the results,easy for her to say.Now I leave in about 5 mins for the thyroid scan...had to wait SIX hours after I took the pill to put the stuff through my thyroid...I'm really,really tired of tests...really!
grammahony
17 years ago
I think sometimes they are trying to pinch it off. Sometimes it's a snap. I guess it depends on the mood the tech is in. I'm glad when she's in a good mood.
Keep us posted.
Leslie
clubm
17 years ago
Hope you get good news! I go tomorrow for my mammo and
ultra sound. Have a 10:30 appt.
grinch_gut
17 years ago
Thinking of you CB and saying ouchhhyyyyyy!! Stacy
jannie
17 years ago
I remember once going for a regular mammo. The plates squeezed me so hard a drop of yellow liquid came out of one nipple. They said it was not unusual. And the results were negative.
susan_on
17 years ago
I thought mine were never going to fluff up again, after that!

Hope you get great results back, and SOON!
pattico_gw
17 years ago
I've had some real easy ones and some real ouchy ones....I think it depends on the tech. I hope the next one I get is good tech.

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chisue
17 years ago
Hoping you get good news.

Two years ago I had a spot so small thay had to do an 'enhanced' something-or-other. "Oooooh! Look! That must be a bit of calcium! Calcium flakes are an early sign of a pre-cancer! Ooooh!" (They were a lot more thrilled than I was.) The radiologist was right there with an order for a biopsy. I opted to wait six months. When 'Spot' was still there, I had a biopsy. It found 'atypical cells'. Big Whoop! Nothing new since then.

I hate, hate, hate going for mammograms! There you sit in a waiting room full of tense women, most of whom have been having these exams for years even though they are not 'at risk'. Some, like me, have had a couple of biopsies that never found anything but 'had' to be done and were both painful and costly. I can't wait to get so old I don't give a d@mn. LOL
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You know that darn machine had to have been invented by a man.....Just once, wouldn't you love to get that man and use it on him?????

Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers....Think positive!

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