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[PennLady]

Good luck PennLady. I'm sorry to hear you're having health problems. I'm glad you caught it early. It was smart of you to go through with the check up.

Thanks, Huck.

Like I said, it is a little scary when I think about it. For my first mammogram a couple of years ago, I got a notice they wanted me to come back because of "dense tissue". So I did, but then got a $450 or so bill. And it's not that we don't have insurance, it's that it wasn't diagnostic, so we had to pay on the deductible. The next year I got the same thing and skipped it, especially since the results turned out fine the previous year.

This year the difference was two things. First, there were different issues: asymmetry and increased calcification. Neither of which are bad per se, but can indicate problems. Second, as it was diagnostic, it was covered by the insurance. Now, given what they told me about the calcifications, I'd likely have gone anyway even if it hadn't been coded diagnostic. Still...

I'm sure I'm not the only woman, or person, who avoided follow-up tests because of the cost and the way insurance works.

So yes, I'm very glad I went, and I would encourage anyone to do what they can when follow-ups are recommended. Then I wish health care wasn't such a labyrinth to navigate.

 

[Hypoxia]

Hypoxia -- I am so sorry to hear about your vision problems. That would scare me as much as anything. I'm all for the visor, tentacles optional.

Or even standard -- I won't quibble. I'd love a visor but my retinologists talk more of mundane shit like lasers and drugs. And I recall my dad's cataract surgery -- he had to clean up his house afterward because he could finally see the mess. I almost hope any fixes don't get *too* good. [/snark] But maybe some damage is irreversible, delamination is inevitable, and I'll have to switch to audiobooks. Oh bother...

Enough about me. Many cancers than ever are more successfully treated. My partner is a survivor of a nasty internal case. Robotic surgery 2.5 years ago, no signs of return, hallelujah! My older cousin is a 10-year survivor and stays well. With the right treatment, your prospects are good. L'chaim!

 

[PennLady]

Or even standard -- I won't quibble. I'd love a visor but my retinologists talk more of mundane shit like lasers and drugs. And I recall my dad's cataract surgery -- he had to clean up his house afterward because he could finally see the mess. I almost hope any fixes don't get *too* good. [/snark] But maybe some damage is irreversible, delamination is inevitable, and I'll have to switch to audiobooks. Oh bother...

Whatever they find, I hope it's minimally invasive and troublesome.

Enough about me. Many cancers than ever are more successfully treated. My partner is a survivor of a nasty internal case. Robotic surgery 2.5 years ago, no signs of return, hallelujah! My older cousin is a 10-year survivor and stays well. With the right treatment, your prospects are good. L'chaim!

My prospects are good, according to the doctor. I'm having an MRI tomorrow and admit I'm a little nervous about it. I'm afraid it'll show things to be more advanced or something. But I guess we'll deal with what we have and I'm trying to be positive about it. Hopefully it'll just all line up with what the doctor says.

And yes, there's a lot of successful treatment. A friend of mine had it, and as far as I know is fully recovered, and my aunt as well, and hers was stage four when she was diagnosed, around age 70. Yet 10 years later and she's doing well!

It's just a wee bit nervewracking

 

[litfan10]

Whatever they find, I hope it's minimally invasive and troublesome.



My prospects are good, according to the doctor. I'm having an MRI tomorrow and admit I'm a little nervous about it. I'm afraid it'll show things to be more advanced or something. But I guess we'll deal with what we have and I'm trying to be positive about it. Hopefully it'll just all line up with what the doctor says.

And yes, there's a lot of successful treatment. A friend of mine had it, and as far as I know is fully recovered, and my aunt as well, and hers was stage four when she was diagnosed, around age 70. Yet 10 years later and she's doing well!

It's just a wee bit nervewracking

Of course slave_ and I send our prayers.
May tomorrow bring good news.
Best to you sweet lady

 

[PennLady]

Of course slave_ and I send our prayers.
May tomorrow bring good news.
Best to you sweet lady

Thank you

MRI is done. Ran a little behind schedule, but I generally expect that. On the plus side, I was able to use the playlist I'd assembled last night. On the minus, I could barely hear the music over the machine.

They gave me the images on disc, but I'm leery of looking at them. I'm not sure I'd understand what I'm looking at anyway, and why stress myself out?

 

[sr71plt]

Glad that part is over for you. Harumpf. I didn't get a disc.

 

[PennLady]

Glad that part is over for you. Harumpf. I didn't get a disc.

I just tried to view the disc but it won't work on a Mac... Good thing Mr Penn has a PC.