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Becky · 10-19-2015, 06:38 PM

Oh Andi! Your mammo story is so much like mine but nobody would tell me anything. I even begged the technologist who took the mammo to tell me something but she said she couldn't. Off to ultrasound. And you know. The way they look at you. Like you're catchy. I got dressed and the mammo technologist was there. She looked at me hard and said God bless you Rebecca. So she was kind after all as that answered my question.

When I got home my husband asked what happened and I said I have cancer. He said, they just told you outright. I said, oh no, the doctor will call but the technologist said God bless you and that's never happened to me after a mammogram before (or since)

10-19-2015, 06:38 PM	#43
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Re: Invited to a talk by Dr Slamon. Oh Andi! Your mammo story is so much like mine but nobody would tell me anything. I even begged the technologist who took the mammo to tell me something but she said she couldn't. Off to ultrasound. And you know. The way they look at you. Like you're catchy. I got dressed and the mammo technologist was there. She looked at me hard and said God bless you Rebecca. So she was kind after all as that answered my question. When I got home my husband asked what happened and I said I have cancer. He said, they just told you outright. I said, oh no, the doctor will call but the technologist said God bless you and that's never happened to me after a mammogram before (or since) __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"