Inconclusive

My results are, that is.

I had the mammogram and u/s this morning. I have to say, it is not at all as bad as you think it will be or as you imagine based on the stories (and jokes) that you hear. I just remember a card I got for DH's aunt that had a picture of a man, standing naked, with his genitals between two pieces of glass, screaming...and the bottom said "If women invented the mammogram". Gives you an unpleasant image of how it is going to be, doesn't it?

Well, ladies, not to fear. It really was not that bad. Uncomfortable, yes, but painful or OMGoodness I don't think I can ever do that again...no. And they even took a ton of pictures, like almost 10. They had to keep bringing me back in after the radiologist looked at it and get another one, and another one. Then they did a u/s and finally came back to me with the results.

Inconclusive.

Doesn't mean they found something, doesn't mean they didn't find anything. Just means that because of my age, there is a lot of dense tissue and they are not able to see everything, if anything that they want. And if my doctor hadn't thought she had felt a lump, they probably wouldn't think twice about it and give me a "nothing found" result. But because my doc felt something, then I mentioned I felt a little pain...they want me to followup with an MRI.

Which, I think is good. I completely believe that early detection is the key. And if there is anything, how small or minor it might be, at least they found it now rather than when I started noticing an oblong boob or really felt a hard lump. Plus, this will give a baseline for when I do need to begin going for regular mammograms...hopefully in another 8 years.

So, my mom went with me. She spent most of her time in the waiting room, but she was there, for moral support, to tell me it will be OK, that it won't hurt, and be the first to hear the results. It was such a relief to have her there.

So, that is that...inconclusive. I guess that is good, for now. I guess it is good that there is now the option to have an MRI to give another view of everything, where as 5 years ago that didn't exist. I guess it is good that I am taking an active part in making sure everything is ok and not being afraid to find something. And I guess it is good that I have insurance to assist in the cost of all this...

Thank you for your prayers...I felt them this morning when I woke up, thinking about my morning and just felt so much lighter on my heart.

Now, I wish I could say the same relief for Miss J. We went for her follow up yesterday, and she STILL has fluid and redness in both ears. COME ON!!! She needs to get through this. So they put her on yet another Antibiotic...the 4th one in a row...and when we go back in two weeks, if it isn't better and if she still has a runny nose and cough, they are going to send us to a ENT specialist and get an allergy test.

Poor girl. I just wish her nose and cough would ease up. They did add another steroid to her daily regime to use with the nebulizer. It is for asthma patients, but they thought it might help her with helping to clear up her congestion and coughing. We only need to give her nebulizer treatments 2ce a day now, and until her cough is gone. I sure hope it is this week.

She is sleeping through the night. Getting up at 5am on Sat/Sun/Mon...which is exhausting...almost more exhausting than getting up at 3am to put her back to sleep. But this morning, 6:30. Wheww...we did the new treatment last night, I gave her some Motrin, put some ear drops in her ear, and turned her humidifier on...we might have to repeat that routine for awhile. I wonder if she is just hurting when she wakes up in the morning. Not to mention, now she has a bit of a yeast rash in her diaper area. Never fun. I have her on pro-biotics, but that only helps so much when you are on an antibiotic for so long. So that has to be uncomfortable for her too.

Do you ladies use any home remedies or herbal supplements for your children...whatever the age? I have started giving her echinacea and some elderberry for her cough. Hoping those would help her immune system catch back up and keep her cold from coming back. I think I notice a difference, but it could be coincidence. Do you ladies use anything like that?

Thanks again for your prayers! Praise God for you ladies, for the doctors, for the insurance, for the knowledge of the whole medical profession!!