Hoping for good results this year.

My grandmother, Mother and Sister, all three died from cancer. Across the years, I have been very faithful in getting my mammograms done.

In past years the results were not good, and I have a number of procedures done.
Last year they did the Mammotome procedure....(OF which I do not know if I would let them do it again or not). They didn't get it numb and I could feel them cutting away. I was not allowed to move, not even scratch my nose.

They placed a marker (They say the size of a pin head), to mark the spot where they did the work. I say it feels the size of a golf ball and it sticks me from time to time.

They declare I cannot feel this tiny marker, yet when I get my mammograms done, I can tell them exactly where it is. And they have confirmed that "Yes, It is right where you say it is, but you are not supposed to feel it".


If I were a swearing person, I surely would swear that it is much, much bigger then they show that it is. So it must be in there just right so that it will stick me occasionally and let me know that it is still there.

After doing the procedure a year ago, and placing the marker, they did an additional mammogram, and told me I could go back to having this done yearly instead of every 6 months.

Today was squish me flat day, and take those photos.
Am hoping just for a letter telling me I can wait another year and not a phone call from the surgeon that they want to go in digging again.
But, the squishing has once again stuck me like they were poking a needle or pin in just as hard as they could.

I keep wondering, what should happen if this little marker moves? Can it move and if it does will it come out? (Guess if it ever comes out I will scotch tape it onto a piece of paper and save it for a souvenirs)....hee,heee. :)

NOW WE WAIT......... Hoping for good results this year!!!!!!