mammograms

[AnnBB]

Hang in there, I know its going to be a hard week and hard to not stress over it. I recently was in a similar situation, during my annual was told that I needed to go to a specialist to have some lumps further looked at, and of course they couldn't get me in for over a week, I was a mess for that week trying to prepare my self for the worst but hoping for the best and just being so confused and not understanding why me?? I'm only 26 and couldn't believe I was already going through this, after an ultrasound it was found that i just have many fibrous lumps, so it looks like I have many years ahead of me with rechecks as they will want to make sure thats all they are. I sympathize with you this week as I know I just wanted to know by the time it was over, I had so over analyzed it all that I just wanted to know what the answer was and was so tired of stressing over it.

Keep your chin up and know that i'm sure things will turn out just fine for you too.

[Tuckervill]

They have to grab and smash the big ones, too. I think they're trying to get as much as the connective tissue from the chest as they can. Like I said, mine are much more stretchy than the used to be, and for that I'm grateful!

Karen

[KnottedYet]

All I can say is TG for breast-feeding! Sure, I have to scoop "the girls" up and pour them into my bras, and yeah when I lie on my back they end up in my armpits, and if I stand up nekkid I look like something from National Geographic; but mammos are pretty slick!

Flappy = Happy!

[lph]

All I can say is TG for breast-feeding! Sure, I have to scoop "the girls" up and pour them into my bras, and yeah when I lie on my back they end up in my armpits, and if I stand up nekkid I look like something from National Geographic

ROTFL!

A girlfriend of mine calls it the "empty sock" syndrome.

(And y'all do know that it's mostly hormones from pregnancy that make them go Pamela then flabby, and not the breastfeeding per se, right?)

[bikerz]

Hi Velogirl - regarding the health insurance issue - have you looked into the California Major Risk Medical Insurance Program?

Checkout these links -
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=576841
http://www.mrmib.ca.gov/MRMIB/MRMIP.shtml

I don't know much about it, but it seems like just what you need. (I have similar issues with health insurance as a self-employed person).

And good luck tomorrow - I just had my annual mammogram yesterday, and at the clinic I go to in Oakland, they have you wait right there in the room until the radiologist has read the films, so you get the info right away (well, in 20 minutes, anyway). When you go to sign in tomorrow, maybe you can ask if you can meet with the radiologist right afterwards, so you don't have to wait through the slow holiday period to get the results.

[spokewench]

Velogirl: I can so sympathize with you. I have a great belief that nothing will come of your redo, but it is hard waiting and wondering and it is near impossible to put something like this completely out of your mind!