On biopsy day we had to be in Ann Arbor at 7:30 in
the morning. The traffic on the freeway was crawling and I became anxious about
being late for my appointment. We were 15 minutes late and they took me right
in. I noticed a clock radio in the room so I asked the doctor if we could listen
to NPR during the procedure. After numbing my breast the doctor made an
incision and used a device that sounded like a stapler to extract tissue
samples in two different places, one on each breast. She also did a needle
aspiration of one area on the left breast. The whole thing took about an hour
and a quarter. There were two technicians assisting the doctor, and we started
talking about kids, grandkids, the elf on the shelf and the tooth fairy. Before
we were done we were cracking up about the trials of parenthood. It was not as
bad as I thought it might be.
I was given post procedure care instructions, along
with two ice packs to put in my bra. This might have been okay in July, but not
in December. I left the hospital with a list of breast surgeons, and called my
ob/gyn to find out who she recommended.
Now to wait 2 – 4 business days for the results.
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