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Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 1:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Good luck tomorrow!!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 9:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Best wishes for a nothing much report tomorrow, Askme.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 10:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Good Luck Askme!!! Pleasea keep us posted...

Askme_who_ur
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08-19-2006

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 2:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Askme_who_ur a private message Print Post    
ok. Update. They said they want to do BSGI-Breast Specific Gamma Imaging ( radioactive dye injection) on Aug 11th and right after do another ultrasound. I am suppose to get the results same day. If a biopsy is warranted after that they will schedule one.

If someone cancels they will bump me up sooner.
Thanks for all the well wishes.

Pamplemousse
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09-28-2003

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keep us posted Askme & Ginger
i will keep you both in my prayers.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 6:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Ahh ok Askme. Let's see I had a dye injection but I don't think it was radioactive but not sure. They did a mammo right after the dye though.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Went to the Breast Surgeon- they did a needle biopsy and the pathologist read it right there, and THANK GOD, it is nothing. It is a Lipoma, which is a fatty mass. I know that the positive prayers made it okay. Ask, I hope it turns out the same for you.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 9:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Thank heavens, Ginge!!!! I'm so relieved for you, sweetie. :-)

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Ginger, how wonderful! This is just the best news I've gotten all day.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

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Great news, Ginger!! Hopefully, Ask will have the same.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Woo Hoo!!!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 4:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Wonderful news, Ginger!! You need some good news for a change.

Pamplemousse
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09-28-2003

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 5:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamplemousse a private message Print Post    
great news Ginger!
Ask how about you?

i am getting it all sides, i posted in the uh for women about one issue i am having and hot on the heels of THAT news I got the "call back" on my recent mammogram. going in next week for a bilateral ultrasound & another mammogram. i went thru this including a fine needle aspiration (i remember it well their first try the numbing agent blocked the lump so i had to wait a month & go back & have it done w/out a numbing agent..never will forget the expression on the face of the RN who was in the room with me!) about 12 years ago so am not overly worried... i tend to be a cysty person but still...

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 6:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
YAH Ginger!

sending you good thoughts Pample!

I did my mamo a few weeks ago and got results that I am good to go for another year!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 5:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Yay Pamy!! Good luck Pample!!

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

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I'm going in every 6 months right now & just got the call yesterday that it's time for my sonogram.

Yayyy Pamy and good luck Pample!!

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 8:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Hey everyone. My MIL has apparently been experiencing some aching/pain in one of her breasts and the doctor thinks she may have cysts. She is in the end stages of alzheimer's. Her hubby didn't even want to bother investigating because he is worried the stress of the tests will not be worth it whatever the outcome but the doctor is apparently insisting. (I keep saying apparently because I wasn't there and my FIL is a very bad communicator for various reasons). Anyway.... they have decided that a mamogram is out of the question, my MIL will likely be very resistant, so they have decided to send her for an ultrasound instead. My FIL has asked if I will take her and help her get undressed/dressed and hold her hand. I have had ultrasounds while pregnant .... am just wondering if there would be anything different that I should be prepared for? Thanks.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 10:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Well, Rissa, the difference with a breast ultrasound is you don't have to drink a whole bunch of water first to get a good result. You lie down on a narrow bed-like thing in a darkened room, and the technician runs this instrument (looks like a cordless microphone) covered with jelly over your bare breasts. The room is dark so they can see the screen and know if they are getting a good image. It takes maybe 10-15 minutes, and does not hurt in the least.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 11:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I don't think you have to drink anything with an ultrasound of any part of the body.

If cysts are suspected, US is good for detecting that. Docs can tell the difference between fluid-filled sack (cyst) and solid mass (lump) with US. But there are other things in the breast (e.g., common micro and macrocalcification clusters which can indicate a more serious problem) which US cannot pick up at all.

It's August. My annual mammo is coming up in October. Here's hoping for three in a row -- nothing more than screening. Hoping hoping hoping . . . .

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 8:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Which procedure am I thinking of where you have to drink a whole bunch of water, so the bladder is full and it presses the organs closer to the surface? I was thinking it was ultrasound I had done on my ovaries, and it involved a LOT of water and no peeing, LOL.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
that is an ultrasound, but of the lower abdomen and bladder

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Yep Rissa the ultrasound will be just like one for your tummy but don't need to drink any water or anything.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 12:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
I had forgotten about the drinking ... good times. RFLOL I have a feeling this is going to get ugly... MIL is not going to understand having a stranger touching her and will want her husband at the least. But being the generation he is, FIL does not want to be in the room.

Thanks everyone.

ETA: oh, also.... what is the general treatment for cysts? I am thinking aspiration or surgical removal neither of which will be an option for my MIL at this point.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 2:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I guess sometimes they can be left alone. Usual treatment is fine needle aspiration. No biggie at all, but for your MIL.... I've had one cyst aspirated in the past. My won'erful surgeon said it was one of the biggest he'd ever seen / felt. He was withdrawing fluid and called to his nurse for a second syringe! Almost a shotglass of fluid. (I was deflated on one side.) Pathology is done on the fluid, but very very rarely is anything of concern found in it.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 3:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Thanks Cd. My MIL probably only has about 6 mnths left so I am very frustrated about why the doc is pushing this. Even if they told my FIL that it was malignant and would shorten her life by half.... he would never consider treatment. But of course, like you said as well.... odds are it is something harmless.