Results 1 to 12 of 12

Thread: A (hopefully little) Bump in the Road

  1. #1
    Silver Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Posts
    4,382

    A (hopefully little) Bump in the Road

    I had my annual physical today. Everything is good - except that I appear to have a small lump in my left breast. So ... that first mammogram, plus an ultrasound, is going to be the day after tomorrow.

    For some reason I’m unconcerned. We’ll see what Wednesday brings, I guess.
    Lea

  2. #2
    Gold Member Lana Mae's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2016
    Location
    North Carolina
    Posts
    8,606
    Lea, hoping all is well with the Mammogram and Ultrasound! Hugs Lana Mae
    Life is worth living!
    "Foxy lady! You look so good!!" Jimi Hendrix

  3. #3
    Senior Member Laura912's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    East coast
    Posts
    2,559
    Lea, short medical opinion. If you are paying any of the expense, challenge them why both procedures have to be done. Ask why not the ultrasound first, which is cheaper, then if not clearly definitive, the mammogram. Radiologists tend to schedule both without good justification except making more money. If the U/S shows a cyst or lymph node, you are done. Good luck.

  4. #4
    Silver Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Posts
    4,382
    Laura - thank you. Other than cost, are there unique advantages to each procedure? Is one always better than the other, more definitive, etc.?
    Lea

  5. #5
    Comedian Emma Beth's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Location
    Southern Transplant in New York
    Posts
    568
    Laura, I've been finding out there is more of the conflict between my Doctors and the Insurance Company than I realized.

    My Primary Care Doctor, outside the VA, ordered both a Mammo and Sonogram for my annual Mammography this year.

    All I could get was the Mammo and not the Sono because of the insurance company. I was told that they would not authorize a Sono unless it was recommended by the Radiologist first. I had a look at my Mammo report from this year and it looks like I will be able to get the Sono next year.

    The reason for the Sono is usually because of Dense tissue. My Dr. explained it like this, "It's a lot like looking for a pebble inside a pile of stones."
    The source of fear is in the future
    And a person freed of the future
    Has nothing to fear

    "That's life. It's not always rainbows and farts. Sometimes the farts have a little something extra." -Emma

    Rock meet Hard Place.

  6. #6
    Senior Member Laura912's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    East coast
    Posts
    2,559
    The gold standard for screening for beast cancer is a mammogram. The database on which that is based is huge. However, there are studies that show the efficacy of U/S with lower costs and zero radiation exposure. Currently, U/S is used as an adjuvant to the radiological procedure. But if you knew which one generated the most income which would you bet would be used the most? OK, that is a little unfair but it explains, in part, why U/S has been slow in getting used. There are several comparison studies between sonography and mammograms by radiation with pros and cons for both. Dense breasts do better with U/S for example. Cysts, which are fluid filled structures, show up great on U/S. U/S is a little more operator dependent. Your physician should be the one making the call...and sometimes the insurance company does as well.

  7. #7
    Silver Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Posts
    4,382
    Done. Mammogram ... then back in for more pictures ... followed by immediate ultrasound (not the one scheduled for later) ... followed by the radiologist coming in and doing yet another ultrasound.

    All clear. Dense tissue makes things hard to see. And the area that’s painful was dense.

    In the caf for a coffee and cookie!
    Lea

  8. #8
    Gold Member Kaitlyn Michele's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    6,640
    Glad to hear!!!

    I know in the waiting room there might 4 or 5 women... and the practitioner comes in says...all clear... all clear... all clear...you, come with me.... yikes!!

    Mine was some scar tissue around the incision ...
    I am real

  9. #9
    Silver Member Devi SM's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2015
    Location
    Banning, east of Los Angeles.
    Posts
    2,571
    Good to hear everything is ok.
    Every night while falling sleeping I thouch my boobs that now are B cup but since early December estrogens dose was increased. wife without knowing it told me my boobs are growing again.
    Now, I notice the same symptoms at the beginning of HRT that the growth begins with some tissue under nipples area later with the sensitivity and tenderness.
    Breast had reached a homogeneous volume.
    The tissue inside in both breast is the same shape. Hopefully they're growing more.
    HRT 042018; Full time 032019
    Orchiectomy 062020; gender& name legal changed 102020
    Electrolysis face begins 082019, in genitals for GCS 062021
    Breast augmentation surgery 012022
    GCS 072022; BBL 022023; GCS revision 04203;END TRANSITION

  10. #10
    Silver Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Posts
    4,382
    Quote Originally Posted by Kaitlyn Michele View Post
    I know in the waiting room there might 4 or 5 women... and the practitioner comes in says...all clear... all clear... all clear...you, come with me.... yikes!!
    That’s exactly how it went. The patients would go in. They would come out. They left. I was told to wait. And then it was back in for all the follow-up images after a half-hour wait and another wait for the ultrasound after the radiologist read the second set of images. (Thank GOD no needle biopsy ...)

    Let me tell you, there is NO consideration for privacy in the mammogram world. Go into the exam room, tech says take off your top (and never leaves), no drape or gown offered. They were very nice, but it was awkward. On the other hand, it wasn’t anywhere near as painful as I’ve heard a lot of people describe. Perhaps one side view in the follow-up where it was up close to the chest wall and squished hard, but the rest were ok. “Move this way, put your arm here, hold the handle, lean back, that arm down, point your feet this way, move in closer, a little more this way, I’m positioning you ... lifting ... etc. ... down comes the press thingy ... hold your breath. Next ...”

    I guess I must have been a little nervous. I felt relieved afterwards.

    Vanessa, this wasn’t growth pain and, in any event, I stopped growing a long time ago as far as I can tell.

    No explanation for the pain. The bump is just normal tissue (if dense). Maybe I hit myself and don’t recall. Oh well (for now).
    Last edited by LeaP; 03-28-2019 at 12:25 PM.
    Lea

  11. #11
    Comedian Emma Beth's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2013
    Location
    Southern Transplant in New York
    Posts
    568
    Lea, I think it all depends on the facility.

    Both of mine have been with Zwanger-Pasiri Radiology here in New York.

    After the first waiting room where you check in, they take you into the back and show you the changing room. You take off your top and bra and put on a nice robe with your stuff inside one of their bags. Then you wait with other Women in the back waiting room. They take you in and do their thing and then you get to go. And you get to keep the bag too. I was surprised at how nice, relaxing, and welcoming they are.

    I had to wait a couple of days to get my results.
    The source of fear is in the future
    And a person freed of the future
    Has nothing to fear

    "That's life. It's not always rainbows and farts. Sometimes the farts have a little something extra." -Emma

    Rock meet Hard Place.

  12. #12
    Silver Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Posts
    4,382
    It’s odd, Emma - that’s how the location was set up for my wife’s mammogram, including the changing rooms (or booths), gowns and robes, bags and lockers, and back waiting rooms. When I went - to the same radiology department, same building, same floor - the setup was different. It had its own check-in desk. There were perhaps a dozen X-ray exam rooms with mammogram-specific machines, each room with its own technician, a few ultrasound exam rooms, plus office space, supplies, etc. Perhaps it’s brand new. It looked new. Mayo Clinic and the staff was stellar.
    Lea

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  


Check out these other hot web properties:
Catholic Personals | Jewish Personals | Millionaire Personals | Unsigned Artists | Crossdressing Relationship
BBW Personals | Latino Personals | Black Personals | Crossdresser Chat | Crossdressing QA
Biker Personals | CD Relationship | Crossdressing Dating | FTM Relationship | Dating | TG Relationship


The crossdressing community is one that needs to stick together and continue to be there for each other for whatever one needs.
We are always trying to improve the forum to better serve the crossdresser in all of us.

Browse Crossdressers By State