I'm back

I'm home and everything went pretty well with the biopsy. The nurse and doctor told me my biopsy was the most difficult one they could remember doing, so apparently my boobs are ornery too. :)

They found 5 calcifications. They were trying to remove all of them for testing, but they couldn't get the final one. It dislodged and started floating in the opening created by the removed tissue, so after several more tries at it, they gave up. They'd already run 45 minutes over their time slot and the other doctor was chomping at the bit to get in, not to mention how uncomfortable it was for me. He said they had plenty of tissue for sampling, so he would make his decision about what to do with the last calcification based on the results. He thought if everything came back benign, he would just recommend I come back for a follow-up mammogram in 3 months, instead of the normal 6.

They only had to use a local anesthetic, and I didn't feel any pain during the process, other than pokes and stinging when the anesthetic went in. The worst part was just having to lie on the table (face-down with my boob sticking through a hole) for about an hour and a half without moving. Now, the anesthetic is starting to wear off and I'm getting pretty sore. They told me I'd probably be sorer than normal, since they did so much extra sampling. So, I get to look like a lopsided Dolly Parton all day, with an ice pack in one side of my bra.

I can call back tomorrow afternoon to get my results. I'm actually not stressing about it very much. I've had a bad cold all week, which has kept me from sleeping. Add that to the night of lost sleep in the ER and the normal end-of-the-month work stress, and I'm just too tired/drained to worry about it anymore.

I'll try to get some Halloween pics posted tonight - I know that's what you all were really looking for when you came to the blog today!