Mammo Update!

[Mary Anne in TX]

What an adventure this mammogram has been! I called to see if they would give me the results of my mammo last Wed. over the phone; so that I wouldn't have to wait forever for a letter or drive an hour, but, "oh, no, we don't give information over the phone"!!!!
So, up I got, and headed for Corpus for "my letter"!!!
Got there and I didn't seem to exist! Then, I was discovered and "almost" handed a letter! As I talked to one of the technicians, she began to ask questions about my appt. As I told her the story about my circumstances, she was reading the letter, ready to hand it to me! All of a sudden she said (5 or 6 minutes after I had told her twice)...."you had a mastectomy?" Yes, I did. And as I looked at the brief letter and read that BOTH BREASTS showed slight calcification!!!! How interesting!!!!!
I pointed it out to her that the phrase, both breasts was not only impossible, but gave me pause if trusting any information I got from them, she began to back peddle.
She was a nice person. Didn't seem to have a clue what Her2 was or why getting the information at the time of mammo was important. She just kept saying...."when it's ONLY a screening we don't this and that"......
Started to scream, but hung in there to get my message across.
The bestest part is that they charged me for both sides!!!! How fun is that?
Well, needless to say, she grabbed the letter away as if it was gold and declared that she would call me tomorrow when the radiologist returned and she had time to show him the "problem"! Just can't wait for that call!
Who knows what they will say! But I wouldn't trust it no matter what! Guess I had better make that trip to San Antonio after all.
Once I calmed down, I had to laugh at the insanity of it all. And it also made me sad because of what I preceived as the attitude they have of "just a screening"!
Once again, I am so very grateful for the wonderful care I get at CTRC and the referrals they send me to. I am treated like I matter rather than being "just a screening"!
Thanks for listening! I had bad thoughts for a while this morning!!!!! Glad humor took over!
ma