worried few weeks ahead of me. Started by: Sian

The C word is all I can think about…….

So after 7 years I decide to have a tummy tuck and breast lift.. Come on here and tell everyone. Then I book it and pay my deposit and feel worried and great at the same time but cant tell my family and friends so I tell you lot (if anyone remembers my fanfare and trumpet thread) I book the 5th Feb and feel like I’m just waiting around and my life is on hold so get in-touch with MYA and ask if I can have a sooner date. I had my pre-op booked for today at 11am… But my surgeon told me because of my age (46) I needed a mammogram. So I booked that last Friday for this Monday.. One day before my pre-op. (I should add, my surgeon said I needed a mammogram back in December when I decided to go ahead with op, but because of Christmas and NY nothing was booked)

I went private and paid for it myself. My first ever mammogram. I wasn’t nervous as there was no breast cancer in my family and I’m fit and healthy, no signs of anything and no lumps felt.
My mammogram yesterday showed something so I had to go for a scan.. I could see the scanning machine screen. The doctor made me turn and lean and lift my arms up but that shadow was still there, no mater what I did.. In my left breast… My husband was called in from the waiting room to be told.

This morning I had to cancel my pre-op and make a doctors appointment instead. I’m now just waiting for a biopsy. I’ve been told it will be rushed through but can take up to two weeks to get an appointment. I will have the area numbed and a big needle will take breast tissue out to be examined. The doctor this morning couldn’t feel anything. She did say that I could of had this shadow since I was 14 and it would turn out to be nothing but as its my first scan they have nothing to go on.

So now my surgery has been postponed while I wait and wait and wait.. I’ve had a little cry and its on my mind all the time.

I think the age for mammograms to start is age 50. I’m 46 and if I hadn’t paid for it and gone private then if there was something wrong it wouldn’t of been detected till It was a lot bigger.

I suggest to all you ladies that are over 40 but under 50 to go and have one done. It cost me £100 and then £95 for the scan but you might be OK and only need the mammogram at £100. Different private clinics charge different prices and this one I chose didn’t need a doctors referral… some do, some don’t.

I’m thinking of doing a blog.. but I’ve no idea where to start.. Does anyone know of one that wont get closed down and taken off the net at a later date ? (I had a website that just disappeared a few years ago and I lost everything)

Thanks for reading..

love and sparkly things

Sian xxx

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