Hi @SundaysChild,
As usual some excellent advice from everyone. My story is not straight forward and not the normal way these things are discovered so is hard to guage by.
I just wanted to say hi and give you a story one of my very good friends went through just last week.
She had found a pea sized lump and as she was due for screening so went along to breast screen. She was called back.
She decided she would be happier going somewhere else (she wasn't happy about who was running the screening and the way they were doing it or something like that). Went to her GP and got a referal to one of the local imaging companies. She was lucky enough to get in two days later. Had another mammogram and u/sound. They actually told her there and then (this is unusual though normally it's 48 hours) that there was nothing they could see to be concerned about. Went back to her GP for the results and it turns out it was just a cyst that happened to be really round.
One thing you do learn along the way is to speak up for yourself. If it hurt last time tell them it hurt and you were upset. If you don't say they don't know. Tell them to stop if the squishing gets too much. Your boob, your rules, no one elses. There is always a choice and that is yours to make.
However, you do want to know what it is right, so it's probably going to be best to go with what's recommended.
I wouldn't be to concerned about the radiation from mammograms. If that's the case I'm in a little bit of trouble. I've had 11 mammos, 15 ultrasounds, 1 FNA, 2 core biopsies,5 MRI's, 3 CT's and 2 bone scans. in 2 and a half years. :)
Fingers and toes crossed it turns out to be just like my friends story.
xoxoxoxo
