My little munchkins from school gave me a horrendous cold. I have been home sick for a couple of days. I still managed to run and get some errands done. Nothing like have a spring cold. I have been sick more this year than any other. All dues to substitute teaching. These little 1st and 2nd graders manage to have pencils and erasers in their mouths, up their noses, in their ears, then they sneeze and touch their faces and wipe on themselves, and here I come with the hand sanitizer and it still does no good. Ugh!
I also had to have a repeat mammogram today. This happened to me last year and sent sheer terror through me. I don't do well with doctor stuff. We all know that. First of all last week when I had one done I get the call from the hospital, "we need to see you again, when can you come in?" ah,,, let me see... how about right away?! "What is it this time?" She says "We need to get a closer look, the doctor see's a little area he would like a closer look at, but try not to be concerned." (me thinking... ya right, easy for you to say) So I went in today and got more compression done then the lady comes back with the film and says "Doc took a look and we still see something.. this will take further examination, we are headed for an ultra sound" ok great... I mumble under my breath. Here we go again. Should I plan for chemo treatments yet?" That is what goes through your mind when you don't have a perfect mammo. There is no history in my bioligical family on eithor side of breast cancer but me being the pessimest figure I will be the first. So here I am in the waiting room again waiting for the exam and I pick up a magazine. Don't know which one, just know I turn to the first article and it is about someone who died of breast cancer. Geez... how fitting for me as I am sitting there. I close that magazine and find another. She calls me in... I am preparing for the worst. It's dark in there and she begins the exam. I ask her.. "So, can you tell me anything? Like how big is it? What is it?" "No she replies... You know we aren't allowed to tell, only the doctor can give that final report to you." Gee, How convenient I think to myself. (Have you ever notice how you get tests done close to the weekend and they make you wait over the weekend to find out? Man I hate that) I ask her to let me see. She said"sure" so I see the picture and it is just a black circle on the screen. That is what last years problem looked like. I said " hey, I did my research and last year I had this problem and it was a cyst. Breast cancer is white on the screen." I researced it online. She smiled at me knowing I was right. She said "I will go show this to the doctor right now and if he will let me tell you the results now I will," I said "beg him for me or I will cry in your office." haha. I am so bad. So the end of the story, I was correct and it was a cyst that will go away. They tend to run in families. If that is what I have to deal with, it ain't nothing. So I cry with happiness and she hugs me and I left. Well this is year 2 in a row for this. I hope this is not going to become a yearly thing for me. Good grief.
