There are always some things that invoke some trepidation and dread, no matter how positive you try to be ... my annual mammography is one of them. I do it gladly because it saved my life but it also marks a time that tested my body and my spirit.
This year we were given the option of trying a new technology -- 3D Mammography: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/imaging/locations_directions/green_spring_station/tomosynthesis.html
It's FDA approved but it isn't yet covered by most insurance companies. I didn't think $60 was too much to pay for something like this. I figured that it was a low cost to pay for peace of mind.
What I had not reckoned with was that it would magnify potentially problematic areas that a normal mammogram could not. And when Dr. de Paredes herself came in to do the ultrasound, I felt my heart sink, in remembrance of the last time Dr. de Paredes came into the room and my whole world changed.
But I got my notification in the mail yesterday -- "We are happy to inform you your mammogram on 01/31/2014 showed no suspicious abnormalities." Thank you, God.
I am not out of the woods yet. I have an MRI on Feb. 13 and then I can breathe easy for another year.
