I try not to overshare this adventure on Facebook. The message I want to share is about breast density. California has had this law for over a year.
A childhood friend was following along, so she took a look at her own records. It was clearly marked on her mammo that she was also Fibrocystic, apparently with the note "results: inconclusive".
She confronted her doctor with this fact. The problem is that she's been waltzing out with supposedly clear mammograms for ages! She told him my story. He wasn't keen on using the ultrasound. He did come up with a good compromise: breast MRI.
Of course, they found something. She's getting it biopsied today and they're pretty certain it's benign, as most biopsies are. Kind of a stressful way of finding it out. I'm wishing her luck today and hope this is the last she time she has to go through this.
It's a nice feeling that what I went through has helped to get someone else better care. Of course, in a Perfect World, doctors would tell their patients that they're fibrocystic and they wouldn't need to confront them and have to take it upon themselves to demand further screening. Sigh. How many women are out there not knowing??
A childhood friend was following along, so she took a look at her own records. It was clearly marked on her mammo that she was also Fibrocystic, apparently with the note "results: inconclusive".
She confronted her doctor with this fact. The problem is that she's been waltzing out with supposedly clear mammograms for ages! She told him my story. He wasn't keen on using the ultrasound. He did come up with a good compromise: breast MRI.
Of course, they found something. She's getting it biopsied today and they're pretty certain it's benign, as most biopsies are. Kind of a stressful way of finding it out. I'm wishing her luck today and hope this is the last she time she has to go through this.
It's a nice feeling that what I went through has helped to get someone else better care. Of course, in a Perfect World, doctors would tell their patients that they're fibrocystic and they wouldn't need to confront them and have to take it upon themselves to demand further screening. Sigh. How many women are out there not knowing??
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