Friday, August 08, 2008

Friday, August 08, 2008
8/8/08
So, went for the biopsies today. I was feeling pretty drained and discouraged.It's hard to feel that way for long because the people are so nice and upbeat.Anyway, so I go in for the mammograms they use to tell them where they need to go with their little needle. Then while they show those films to the radiologist I sit in the hallway. It seems like it's taking forever. Apparently, the radiologist and my surgeon are discussing if a biopsy is even needed on the right side. So, apparently they decide to do an ultrasound on the right side just to see if the radiologist picks up on anything. He doesn't, so off we go to the stereo room. (that's what the call the room where they do the Stereotactic Guided Breast Biopsies!!!)It was nice to be in a place with state of the art equipment. Made a huge difference in the experience. It was all over pretty quickly.I don't completely understand what they were doing but it has something to do with masses and if they can show that they don't have cancer cells then we may be good to go with lumpectomies. So, I walked out a little bit encouraged. Guess I will know for sure next week. Where have I heard that before? The doc said that the results should be to the surgeon on Monday so hopefully I will have an appointment set up with the surgeon next week. Whew!!!