I hope all works out for you. A co-worker just turned 40 this year and had to go for her first mammogram. Yep, you guessed it. She has been in treatment for most of her 40th year. I work in health care and understand that the process takes time but at the same time I feel that in certain circumstances, time is of the essence. Glad you were able to get in sooner.
23 Sep 11 by member: davidsmom
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Hope you get through with this nonsense soon enough - but I truly believe it is better to be safe than sorry. And why are you shopping for pants - are the 6's getting too big now?
23 Sep 11 by member: BuffyBear
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Hi Paula, glad you stood your ground and got an early appointment so you can get on with the rest of your life. Enjoy the week-end, hope you can find time with hubby, I'm craving that too (with my hubby, not yours - lol!)
23 Sep 11 by member: sarahsmum
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Good for you Paula, for standing up for yourself...its bad enough you
have to hear what they say and then have to wait...Its always a waiting
game...or should I say hurry up and wait...Hope all goes well and you
find out everything is good...Take care of you.....
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Prayers and pozzies sent for you!
23 Sep 11 by member: Adelinemf
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Good for you, standing up for yourself! A month? Really? I am glad Tuesday works, that is much better. Oh, & don't get me started on that medical money making machine as I have a HUGE Soap Box I climb on!
Glad to hear that LIFE IS GOOD for you - Wooo Hooo!
23 Sep 11 by member: gg-girl
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thanks everyone! will keep you posted... broken record! Buffy - I only have one pair of jeans, size 8 Levi's - and a pair of slacks, size 6. I think my head had a hard time believing this was going to stay this way. Didn't want to waste money on stuff I wouldn't be keeping. And spring, summer and fall was in mostly skorts, skirts, and shorts. SO... it's time to embrace where I am regardless of the number, and find some clothes that fit. I basically wear athletic pants every day, unless I am going to church or on a date w/ hubby. That needs to change. I feel so much better when I can shower, get dressed in something nice, even just jeans and a shirt, do my makeup (very little) and my hair ... I just feel like a WOMAN! And my husband is always oh so happy to see me in my Levi's! He's a jeans man!!! And flannel. Oh my word, I could live in flannel, except I would have to live in the bedroom, because that's where we would always be. LOL!!!
23 Sep 11 by member: jsfantome
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Sounds as if your day is going exactly as it should...by the way ther is not a woman on this site that doesn't feel your concern...and not a woman on this site that isn't hold you tenderly in their prayers. Enjoy your weekend with hubby.
23 Sep 11 by member: 2227Gwen
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Thanks GG and Gwen! Much Love....
23 Sep 11 by member: jsfantome
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There is nothing better than a good pair of jeans. Happy Shopping!
23 Sep 11 by member: BuffyBear
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Hopefully it will all be resolved soon ... and you'll have more pants to wear!!
23 Sep 11 by member: madaboutmoose
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Why the need for a surgeon, until you have a diagnosis? I tell you, I was raised in a medical family and they still baffle me. Paula, make sure you get a second opinion once you do have a dx.
23 Sep 11 by member: Helewis
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Ah, yes....the medical field....can't live with them, can't live without them. Glad you pushed for an appointment sooner so don't have to have this hanging over your head any longer than necessary. Hope you find some good sales while you're shopping.
23 Sep 11 by member: Sandy701
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Hey Paula, I will be thinking about you, I have my Biopsy on Monday, just have to get these damn things over, my hubby said he would come with me, really sweet but maybe it's just me but have to do this stuff myself, won't have any results then.I am such a believer in alternatives acupuncture etc. but can't do that for some things. Have to go to my Doc on Tuesday to get everything else done cholesterol etc. Don't like buying jeans, I am going to have another look today, I find sizes so different last time I bought in Lane Bryant jeans size 20 but pants size 18 so I don't think size is at all relevant, can't stand jeans with any stretch at all. {{HUGS and prayers coming your way}}
23 Sep 11 by member: Yvonne19
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Yvonne, I will be praying for you on Monday... and you can pray for me on Tuesday :) !!! I totally hear ya on the jeans. I like them to fit well in the waist, then drop off the tush and straight down w/ that little bit of a finger pinch of material off the back of the leg. Don't like skin tight...never have. Doesn't matter if it's an 8 or an 18... just not me. Much Love.
23 Sep 11 by member: jsfantome
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I will keep you in my prayers. My doc wants to schedule me a mammogram asap, what is going on?
23 Sep 11 by member: lauries3
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I'll be praying for everyone.
23 Sep 11 by member: Helewis
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good luck - a woman after like age 40 is supposed to have them annually. My mom has breast cancer but it is at least under control for now with hormonal therapy. There is a lot they can do these days - that they could not do twenty or thirty years ago... hope it's a false alarm...
23 Sep 11 by member: GlennM
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Believe me, they know how scary it is. The problem from the other side is that they have dozens of equally scared people to schedule for a limited number of operating theatres and a limited number of surgeons. Having had major life-saving surgery done quickly (just a week after my first encounter with the reaper) I do know how it feels.
24 Sep 11 by member: Fledgist
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