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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsYAY! I don't have cancer.
I had my yearly mammogram about a month ago and they found something "suspicious." Now, there's been something "sketchy" in one of them since my mid-20s that turned out to be nothing so I never thought anything about it. This time it was the other one. I got a couple of letters telling me I'd better get it checked out ASAP but I'd already made the appointment for tomography and ultrasound. Still, they were unnerving.
So, for the last month, I've been stressing about it. I had the appointments for the tests today. The tech doing the ultrasound was somber and spent a lot of time on the test. Then she soberly told me that a radiologist would come in to discuss the "next steps, if any." So I'm sitting there, wondering if I should start making arrangements for the care of my cats, etc. Five minutes later she comes in all nonchalant, saying, "Meh, it's nothing. You're good until next year." It was blah blah blah and I'll show you to the exit. Have a great day!
Huh. There was a cloud over practically the entire month of October (which is my favorite month) for nothing?
And I'm not even mad about it.
Whew!
Raven123
(7,326 posts)walkingman
(10,122 posts)rurallib
(64,415 posts)Seems like we have had a lot of reports on here of members getting good reports. That is great!
DarthDem
(5,437 posts)lapfog_1
(31,431 posts)keep 'em coming!
Here is to your negative diagnosis!
fierywoman
(8,480 posts)KitFox
(473 posts)Trueblue1968
(18,968 posts)Now I just have to get rich of my thyroid cancer. ..... Congrats again.
Nittersing
(7,919 posts)Grim Chieftain
(924 posts)Do something special for yourself today to celebrate!
Picaro
(2,296 posts)You know I love your postings. Glad you will be with us for the foreseeable future.😉
pandr32
(13,641 posts)Now you can treat yourself to some relief. Thank goodness!
I am happy to hear you have cancer-free days ahead.
underpants
(193,927 posts)Billsdaughter
(106 posts)around this week. As having gone through a very similar process just a few months ago, I can feel your exhale of relief from over here! Celebrate 🥳
GO LIONS!!!!
Magoo48
(6,681 posts)twodogsbarking
(16,806 posts)I see my doc regularly and I ain't no woman. Good for you my love. Stay well all.
irisblue
(36,565 posts)mitch96
(15,558 posts)LittleGirl
(8,908 posts)mountain grammy
(28,449 posts)wordstroken
(1,395 posts)to their patients anxiety about the outcome of their tests. That aloofness becomes more universal every year.
Thankfully, your high standards, compassion, and empathy for others both two and four legged are head and shoulders above so many professionals who have an impact on the lives of others every single day.
Congratulations on your test results!! Your DU family is here for you, and for each other.
Love
💕 ❤️
🦋 wordstroken
electric_blue68
(24,958 posts)70sEraVet
(5,121 posts)Just to make sure we don't take life for granted!
Kidding, of course, but glad you're ok.
generalbetrayus
(1,393 posts)he was very positive about my outcome even though I was at stage 4B of 5! Eleven and a half years later, I no longer have a prostate gland, and his positive outlook turned out to be accurate.
TommieMommy
(2,508 posts)ms.pamela
(68 posts)There is nothing like being told you don't have cancer after a suspicious mammogram, I know, I have had that experience too. This is great news.
debm55
(52,756 posts)TomSlick
(12,815 posts)Thanks for sharing the good news.
John Coktosten
(90 posts)I'm happy for you!
DFW
(59,385 posts)When it was my wifes turn, at age 49, it WAS cancer. Because she has/had second class (sort of tourist class) health insurance, even though a malignancy was detected, she was put in line, and told to wait six months while they found her an operation time slot. She was only 49, and the cancer grew aggressively while she was waiting. She survived the operation, the chemo, the radiation and the rehab, but she suffered terribly, and unnecessarily. She is a fighter, and she received unwavering support from our daughters, her mom, her friends, and, of course, me. But it was no picnic, although it was good preparation for the next time she had cancer, the second time being a form of cancer known here as the murderer. It is called that because it spreads quickly and silently, only showing itself when it is too late to save the patient. She was that one out of maybe ten thousand in the last two decades to survive it, due to a completely accidental discovery in its initial stage.
NNadir
(36,948 posts)...one of her breasts.
That was a pretty long four hours of my life.
It was nothing it turned out, a benign cyst.
Congrats.
You are absolutely right to not be mad about it.
My sister-in-law had no such luck. She did have cancer. Her world class surgeon saved her breast and excised the tumor. She's a ten year survivor in remission.
Congratulations again, and once more, again, congratulations. Keep those cat shows coming.
Wild blueberry
(8,009 posts)Glad to hear it.
All of us and all the animals are happy, too.
Cheers!!!
stillspkg
(140 posts)Good news!
Laurelin
(750 posts)That's wonderful news.
KT2000
(21,823 posts)Celebrate!!
CaptainTruth
(8,002 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(13,850 posts)I'm so happy for you.
brer cat
(27,228 posts)AllaN01Bear
(28,051 posts)HeartsCanHope
(1,418 posts)He had to wait for a couple of months to get in for a colonoscopy. It was so hard--my husband lost his father to colon cancer and he was reliving that, too. So sorry you had to go through that, catbyte. So happy for you that you are okay!
Fla Dem
(27,311 posts)Last edited Thu Oct 30, 2025, 05:42 PM - Edit history (1)
So glad all's good and you can relax. Make sure you get those annual exams catbyte.
Clouds Passing
(6,548 posts)Recently had my yearly mammo, waiting for results 🤞🏼🤞🏼 Had bc in 2011, scary times.
Rizen
(993 posts)My mom died because her breast cancer had metastasized because she didn't find it early enough.
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,583 posts)dlk
(13,036 posts)You can breathe more easily now. Appreciate your sharing.
hamsterjill
(16,845 posts)I had such a sense of gratitude when I got the "no worries" result. I stress every year.
Happy you had a "non issue" and certainly understand the cloud you describe. Now, it's time for you to celebrate!!!
Marie Marie
(10,735 posts)They pick up every microscopic thing which is good but can be terrifying when you get that call telling you that you need to return. So glad that yours was benign Catbyte. Now go celebrate and get out from under that worrying month.
JudyM
(29,557 posts)glad you're ok, catbyte!
MIButterfly
(1,680 posts)What a relief! I'm so glad the news is good! We need you here, catbyte!
Polly Hennessey
(8,355 posts)karin_sj
(1,283 posts)So happy for you, catbyte!
wendyb-NC
(4,528 posts)Celebrate! It can be stressful when tests are results show "something' suspicious. Glad you are okay. Stay well always.
LetMyPeopleVote
(172,793 posts)MissouriDem47
(330 posts)What a sense of relief that must be.
Bayard
(27,818 posts)I always look for your posts, Catbyte.

summer_in_TX
(3,938 posts)So relieved for you.
benfranklin1776
(6,976 posts)What a relief for you and Im so glad it was much ado about nothing, but still very stressful for you 🫂
Now hopefully you can really celebrate the end of your favorite month without that awful dread hanging over your head! 🤗😸
Duncanpup
(15,378 posts)peacebuzzard
(5,773 posts)Everything else in life is small potatoes.....Congratulations! I am so happy for you and us around here....❤️😻
Trueblue Texan
(4,016 posts)FemDemERA
(648 posts)peggysue2
(12,313 posts)Sorry you had to experience the stress of waiting for the results. That in itself is nerve wracking.
But you received the ultimate reward, a clean bill of health.
Best to you!