I arrived at the Imaging department for my ultrasound at 9:00am. I went to this appointment alone (Mom had offered more than once to go with me and I just thought that was silly since we wouldn't understand the ultrasound and would just be sent home to wait anyways). I was ready for the whole..get undressed, lay here and stare at a screen full of weird black n white images, get dressed and your doc will call in a week or so. I was wrong (seems to be an ongoing theme).
The process wasn't near as cold as I expected. I chit chatted with the technician. I asked if, in her experience, this size of a mass (at that time aprox. 3.5cm) was considered pretty big. She told me she had seen bigger but that it was definitely a big one. I took that as a good sign since everyone 'knows' Cancer doesn't grow that fast (Right?!). As I watched the screen, she moved back toward my left armpit. There I saw another perfect oval. I asked her what that was, hoping it was some kind of gland...and she said it was just another little mass. When she was done, she told me I could get dressed and the Radiologist would be in to see me in just a few minutes to go over the results. (Wait, huh? I get to find out now?? Hmm...okay! Get this crap out of the way)!
And so the whirlwind begins.
