Mammogram

Mammogram

I had my annual mammogram today.  I am 50 and have been getting my mammogram almost every year since turning 40.  I had one almost exactly o...

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Abnormal Results

The next day I got a message from the breast center that my mammogram results came back abnormal.  I needed to go in for additional imaging.  Some how I got the impression that it was something they usually do for women who get their images done for the first time at the center.  I also have dense breasts, which could also explain the additional imaging.  My view on corporate greed in America was also such that I wondered if they were just trying to make more money off of additional imaging by keeping thresholds low.  After all, my mammogram the previous year was normal, and I was fairly healthy.  At this point I was like, "No way.  I don't have cancer."  But, somewhere in the back of my mind I knew something was wrong.  1.2 cm potentially spiculated mass right breast.  I didn't like the sound of that.

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