Three days after my diagnostic mammogram, Dear Hubby and I met with Surgeon #1 for preliminary discussion about the results. With a serious expression on his face, the surgeon rated my newly discovered mass a 5 on the “suspicious scale” of 1-5. This rating was due to the lump’s size and my family history.
Cancer diagnosis
When your mammogram confirms a lump must be further scrutinized by a biopsy, it’s difficult to squelch the imagination and stop yourself from conjuring up countless worst case scenarios. Women are particularly adept at imagining the worst and anticipating a biopsy can be pretty darn conducive to such thoughts. The very idea of needles and …
You have cancer. If you ask any woman on the street what disease she fears most, she will likely say breast cancer not heart disease, diabetes or something else. Wrongly or rightly, breast cancer is probably the disease that conjures up the most fear in a woman and creates feelings of anxiety over body image alterations, illness and …