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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I went today and got the all clear. Yay! Now Lord only knows what sort of bill I'm going to get since we are on a high-deductible health plan (and have crazy high premiums) due to my husband's job.

That said,[b] I found the entire thing really traumatic[/b]. They called me on a Friday, ruined my weekend, and couldn't see me until Tuesday in a different location. I also have "dense breast tissue" - I asked if I am more likely to get callbacks in the future because of this and the doctor said no. We will see. She said I can skip the diagnostic and go straight to screening mammos if I want, but that obviously insurance doesn't fully cover those the way they do screening ones.

Ugghhhhhh. [/quote]

Wow, that's a really low bar for traumatic. I say that seriously, not mean-spiritedly. Friday to Tuesday is not bad at all. I've had to go weeks between screening and diagnostic mammograms and I sleep fine. [/quote]

NP here. Whether you meant it to be mean or not that is a really insensitive thing to say. If you don’t have anxiety you have no idea what it’s like for others.  And yes it is possible to feel traumatized by something that other people would feel differently about. [/quote]

Agree. I'm 50 and I've had 3 call backs and a random arm pit lump that brought me for an ultrasound in between mammograms. The first call back was very scary and I jumped through hoops to get there asap. By the third I was pushing it out an extra week so I didn't have to reschedule my hair appointment. My sister had her first call back recently and called me in tears the morning of because she got her screening the report and it used the word "mass". I sent her a screenshot of one of my reports to show her that they always used that word and it didn't mean anything yet.

Lots of women go through it. Let's just have some compassion.
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