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Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 3:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Come to think of it, cysts can come and go on their own. If it's determined by US that there are cyst(s), at this stage don't know why anything would need to be done. Just something for the pain.

Pamplemousse
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09-28-2003

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamplemousse a private message Print Post    
Rissa from past experience I know breast cysts will go away over time...several years ago when i dealt with the same thing i am now all i had to do was take extra doses of vitamin e and give up all caffeine including coffee for me that was brutal. i even gave up chocolate just in case. and they went away... but then after a year i fell back into bad habits...
it is a pelvic ultrasound you need to drink the water (did that one recently as well)

good luck with your MIL. Poor lady! Doc should not push it with her

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 8:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Rissa, looks like you are having it foisted upon you, so maybe you should just take charge and get permission for the doctor to talk directly to you and explain why this is being done. Maybe because she is having pain?

Askme_who_ur
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08-19-2006

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 10:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Askme_who_ur a private message Print Post    
Thanks all.

I go in on Monday for the BSGI (Breast Specific Gamma Imaging) and ultrasound. I will know on Monday what's up.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Friday, August 08, 2008 - 5:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
I have been thinking about doing just that Juju. I don't mind AT ALL helping, I just don't want to get into a situation where my MIL gets hysterical. I am trying to balance my fear for that with my sticking my nose into their medical business. My FIL is 100% in his right mind but is deaf (but doesn't read lips or sign.. he just counts on people yelling really loud and NEVER asks you to repeat if he missed something) and his right mind has always been about 45 degrees off. LOLOL

I think what I will do is leave a message for the doctor telling him what MY understanding is and asking for a call-back if I am in error. I have been to the doc with them before (so I can translate - for some reason FIL can hear my shrieking better then other people LOL) so the doc knows my involvement and that way it's not awkward if he chooses not to call back.

ETA: Best of luck on Monday AskMe.

Pamplemousse
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09-28-2003

Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 6:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamplemousse a private message Print Post    
Keep us posted Askme
health issues are so scary

Askme_who_ur
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08-19-2006

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Askme_who_ur a private message Print Post    
Great NEWS !!!

The doc said I was fine. Said I was a little dense..... er... uh.... my breasts were, not actually me..... but I guess that is still out to the jury . I will be radioactive for a while but the BSGI showed nothing unusual. He did an additional US and said I had numerous very small cysts but they were pretty normal and nothing to worry about. Come back next year and hopefully he'll tell me the same.

WHEW !!!!!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Yay Askme!!!!

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 1:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Great news Ask, happy to hear it!!!!!

Cynny
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06-21-2001

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cynny a private message Print Post    
That is great news Askme! So happy for you.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 1:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Yippeeeeee, Askme! That's what you want to hear.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 4:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Most excellent, Askme!! Good thing we didn't let you do a lot of worrying beforehand.

Pamplemousse
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09-28-2003

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 5:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamplemousse a private message Print Post    
Excellent news Askme!!!! so glad to hear it

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 5:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
YAH Askme!!!! great news!

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 6:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
Glad to hear the good news, Askme!!

Askme_who_ur
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08-19-2006

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Askme_who_ur a private message Print Post    
Thanks for all your support !

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 9:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Askme I just got home from work and am late to the party but Yippee-yahooey for your wonderful news!

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Friday, August 29, 2008 - 12:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Made my appointment today for October 6 to see doc and get clinical breast exam. Will get order then for mammogram. That should be in October also.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 5:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Just closing my conversational loop. LOL The test itself went without a hiccup. The waiting room was on one side of the building, the testing room on the other, down a hallway. The technician leads the way and halfway down the hallway says that my MIL will remove her shirt, put on the paper gown. MIL immediately and incredibly fast takes her shirt half-off. That was the only problem, luckily the hallway was empty and we were able to duck into the room with no-one seeing her. Breaks my heart.. she is so malleable, no spirit left. She kept mumbling under her breathe that she didn't know why she had to do this, there was nothing wrong. I told her that her husband loved her very much and just worries and made jokes about there are worse things like a husband who didn't care. She would agree and then ask again why we were making her do this. We got her on the bed and she asked if I was going to leave her. I told her absolutely no. The way the room was arranged, there was no way I could hold her hand so I was down at the end of the bed and rubbed her leg for her (so she would know I was there). I had called beforehand, explained the situation and the clinic was great. No wait, very fast test... we were in and out in literally less than five minutes. During those five minutes there was a very bad accident right outside the clinic door. Crushed cars, police alrdy there.. ambulances arriving and MIL became very emotional... I just held her elbow and walked very quickly to the car.

Results came back and MIL is fine, ultrasound showed nothing at all.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Rissa, that's great. Sounds like very caring and understanding people at the clinic.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 9:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Yay Rissa! Color I'm scheduled for Oct too. I have to wait to make the mri appt cuz they want it so many days before or after your period or something. Lol I shoulda told them I don't get one lol.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, September 01, 2008 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Mocha, that's long behind me. Had "the surgery" 18.5 years ago. Not missed.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Monday, September 01, 2008 - 9:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Lol I offered but they wouldn't let me.

Sia
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03-11-2002

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 8:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Any ideas as to what might cause an odd sensation in one nipple only, actually a painful sensation which starts out as an itchy feeling, then just sort of shoots into a pain?

No, I haven't had my mammogram for a couple of years. OB/GYN gave me a breast exam last summer but skipped the pelvic/pap because I still had an open (and beautifully infected w/ MRSA) abdominal wound from botched hernia surgerIES. He ordered the mammogram, but my Mom said it would be stupid to get the mammogram and possibly find out something was wrong on top of all the mess we were going through with my hernia surgeries. It was tough on Mom. She was 71 at the time and was changing my ABD dressings twice a day, plus fixing meals for my me and my kids, and taking them to and from school, then to the pool for swim team practice during the summer. The nightmare took from April 12th until the first week of November to get healed, with a total of three major open abdominal surgeries.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
No but there are professionals who do.