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I had my first mammogram, guys! And it didn’t hurt at all! But I did black out a bit…
Two weeks ago, I found a small lump between my right breast and armpit. I wasn’t too alarmed about it, but I took it seriously.
I asked my snister to feel it up the next day and she agreed that I should have my doctor check it out. So I did. I saw my doc last Friday and she was pretty sure it was a cyst, but recommended getting an ultrasound and maybe a mammogram to confirm.
I’ll leave out the (details of the?) part of the story where the receptionist looked at my health care card last week and told me she’d never seen it before and made me panic. And how much trouble it was to make sure the place doing the tests was in network. Sigh. I hope it isn’t always this difficult to use our new health insurance. And I can’t wait to see the bill… anyway…
I had the mammogram and ultrasound yesterday afternoon. The lady doing the mammograms was so nice! And it didn’t hurt at all! But it was really warm in the room, and by the time we got to the second to last one, she asked if I was feeling okay – I must have looked flushed. I told her yes, that I was fine to finish, but as we were setting up for the last one, I started to black out. I couldn’t see, but she helped me get out of the plates (ha!) and lead me to the chair. I was looking all over for it with my arms and couldn’t find it! Freaky!
She was really helpful and sat me down and opened a window to let cold air in, and got me a cold cloth for my head. I got my vision back quickly but then my ears felt like they were plugged with cotton balls and I couldn’t hear well for a bit. What. The. Heck. It was so odd! But like I told her, if I was going to black out someplace, I’d want it to be a hospital. Ha.
When it happened, I felt dizzy like I do when I take WAY too hot of a bath. But that doesn’t cause me to lose sight, then hearing. Odd.
After sitting and drinking a cup of cold water, I felt well enough to finish, so we did, then I sat in the waiting room for awhile, and the lady who did my mammograms checked up on me to make sure I was okay – she was such a sweetie.
Then someone else got me ready for the ultrasound (where I oddly felt cold, after being so hot!), and the doctor did it and showed me that it’s just a lymph node. Lymph nodes are usually higher up in the armpit, but it’s totally fine that this one’s hanging out there, and I only need to have them check up on it if it gets bigger. Cool. It also might just be inflamed and go away.
It may seem odd that I did all this to get it checked out but I found the lump the same day a family member had a double mastectomy. So… yeah. Gotta take care of yo’self!
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