In The Midddle of the NIght

For the last week, I have been getting up in the middle of the night. Nothing is really on my mind- nothing that I wake up thinking about. I am just up. Anywhere between 3- 5 AM. Unusual for me. I am a sleeper and, though I do not go to bed early, I like to sleep late. Finally this week, I realized that my anxiety (which is what wakes me up between 3- 5 AM) is about the annual mammogram I am scheduled for on May 5.

This is the third year since my diagnosis and treatment for lobular cancer in my right breast. I had radiation for 8 weeks at Lankenau Hospital with Dr Marisa Weiss after surgery at Pennsylvania Hopsital with Dr Dahlia Sataloff. My oncologist is Dr David Mintzer at Pennsylvania Hospital. May is my check up month and I have appointments later in the month with Sataloff and Mintzer.

No doubt that I am nervous about the test. My body tells me so by waking me up. But mammograms save lives, find cancer early and are necessary for good health.I just hope all is well and they find nothing. Then I can sleep through the night for another year!