I had a mammogram at Highland Park hospital today since the technicians at Rush saw some density in my left breast during the check CT last week and they wanted it checked out. I should state up front that nobody was overly concerned about this density, they just want to be thorough and make sure they don't miss anything.
When I was all gowned up and ready to be smooshed, the technician at HP said she couldn't do the mammogram without the films from the CT so that they could see what they were looking for. This was the first I heard of needing those films for this appointment, but I had them at home. I convinced the tech to go ahead with the mammogram and I would bring the films and hang around until they looked at them in case they needed to take more images.
Well, I brought the films on a CD as well as the technician's written report from last weeks chest CT and I waited.... and waited... and waited... Once the doctor who looks at the scans was available, he couldn't get the computer to read the CD so they had to bring it to another department. About an hour and half later they said they wanted to do an ultrasound to be sure there was nothing amiss. So I gowned up again and had the ultrasound of my left breast.
No surprise to me, they didn't find anything so all looks well. They even mentioned to me that they could see the same density in the chest CT scan that Highland Park hospital performed in August and in my prior mammograms. This whole thing felt like a big waste of time to me. But I guess it is good that they are being so cautious and thorough.
2 comments:
What a pain, but good news!
Waiting...it's so hard...it seems like no one thinks about how that waiting feels to the people waiting. But don't you be 10 minutes late for your appt! Ok, I'm done whining. Sorry!
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