Today Was A Good Day

I had my annual mammogram scheduled and, as usual, had trepidations and fears leading up to it. Every time for the last few years, I had had to get extra pictures and sonograms taken and the whole process took hours. I go to Jefferson- Honickman Breast Imaging Center where they tell you the results immediately so I always left knowing and was glad when things were okay, until they were not in May of 2012 when they found something they felt was serious and needed attention.

Last year was the first post cancer mammogram and it took almost 4 hours. I blogged about it before (see last blog entry) because it was so scary. As I was driving in today, I though how nice it would be to get a mammogram and have it go smoothly. Take the pictures, sure it’s pressure and uncomfortable, but so what? This is a life saving procedure. A few uncomfortable minutes is not worth mentioning. But it I only have to go through it once, that would be great. Hasn’t happened in years.

But what do you know? Today, they called my name and told me A-OK, Nothing was wrong. It all looked fine and I could go home. What relief poured over me. I waited for copies of the digital pictures because Dr. Dahlia Sataloff, my most amazing surgeon,  likes to read them herself, not just read the report. I see her later in May.

Today was a good day!