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catbyte

(38,304 posts)
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 10:38 AM Oct 29

YAY! 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!

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YAY! I don't have cancer. (Original Post) catbyte Oct 29 OP
Good news is always welcome. Happy for you. Raven123 Oct 29 #1
Yay, Indeed! walkingman Oct 29 #2
PHWEW! So glad for you rurallib Oct 29 #3
Congratulations!!! That's so fantastic to hear. DarthDem Oct 29 #4
Your catbyte posts are my daily "bright spot" lapfog_1 Oct 29 #5
Mine too ! fierywoman Oct 29 #48
So happy for your great news and relief from the stress of waiting, wondering and worrying! KitFox Oct 29 #6
Thank God girl !!!!! Happy for you. My cancer is done and i am cancer free now. Trueblue1968 Oct 29 #7
Hooray!!! Nittersing Oct 29 #8
Wonderful news, catbyte Grim Chieftain Oct 29 #9
Very glad to hear you got the all clear Picaro Oct 29 #10
Call it a Halloween scare! pandr32 Oct 29 #11
Great news! underpants Oct 29 #12
Aces! cachukis Oct 29 #13
So happy for you and us! Lots of worry going Billsdaughter Oct 29 #14
Yahooooooooo Magoo48 Oct 29 #15
The saying is that women go to the doctor when well but men go when they aren't well. twodogsbarking Oct 29 #16
Happy news!!!!! irisblue Oct 29 #17
Great news for the Cat Lady!!!! nt mitch96 Oct 29 #18
Phew! Very happy for you. nt LittleGirl Oct 29 #19
Great news!!! Yay for sure! mountain grammy Oct 29 #20
So glad to hear about your super-great news, catbyte. As an RN, I hear you about healthcare staff who are aloof wordstroken Oct 29 #21
EXCELLENT News! 🎉 electric_blue68 Oct 29 #22
Maybe every year we should get a good health scare, 70sEraVet Oct 29 #23
Great news, catbyte! I was luckier than you in that when I was referred to a urologist for possible prostate cancer, generalbetrayus Oct 29 #24
Yippee 😁 TommieMommy Oct 29 #25
No Cancer ms.pamela Oct 29 #26
Yay! Ohioboy Oct 29 #27
I am so glad you are okay. Love, deb. debm55 Oct 29 #28
Yay, indeed! TomSlick Oct 29 #29
This is awesome! John Coktosten Oct 29 #30
Be happy. Be VERY happy! DFW Oct 29 #31
About 25 years ago, my wife advanced to the surgical biopsy stage, upon signing that she might wake up without... NNadir Oct 29 #32
Good news! Wild blueberry Oct 29 #33
Yay! area51 Oct 29 #34
Excellent! stillspkg Oct 29 #35
Congratulations!! Laurelin Oct 29 #36
Yay is right!! KT2000 Oct 29 #37
YAY!!! CaptainTruth Oct 29 #38
That's great news MustLoveBeagles Oct 29 #39
Great bews! I am so happy for you. brer cat Oct 29 #40
yay. AllaN01Bear Oct 29 #41
My husband's doctor sent him a cologuard test and the results came back as positive for cancer. HeartsCanHope Oct 29 #42
Good News is always appreciated, especially this type of good news. Fla Dem Oct 29 #43
Yay! Healthy boobies 😁 Clouds Passing Oct 29 #44
That's great! Early detection is very important. Rizen Oct 29 #45
WHOOPIE, catbyte!!!! some_of_us_are_sane Oct 29 #46
Fantastic news! dlk Oct 29 #47
Been there. Done that. Nervewracking!!! hamsterjill Oct 29 #49
Yup me too. The technology in mammograms is sometimes a double edged sword. Marie Marie Oct 29 #53
yikes, unnecessary drama JudyM Oct 29 #50
Yahoo! MIButterfly Oct 29 #51
Good news catbyte, and remember Novemberis almost as good as October. Polly Hennessey Oct 29 #52
Wonderful news! karin_sj Oct 29 #54
Very good news wendyb-NC Oct 29 #55
Great news LetMyPeopleVote Oct 29 #56
Good for you and your cats MissouriDem47 Oct 29 #57
Happy Dance Time! Bayard Oct 29 #58
You and Omaha Steve's good news lift my spirits. summer_in_TX Oct 29 #59
Excellent news! 👏🏼👏🏼 benfranklin1776 Oct 30 #60
Awesome friend Duncanpup Oct 30 #61
so glad you are cleared from this worry!😻 peacebuzzard Oct 30 #62
Great news! So glad you're ok! nt Trueblue Texan Oct 30 #63
Great news! FemDemERA Oct 30 #64
Great news, catbyte peggysue2 Oct 30 #65
Very good news! red dog 1 Oct 30 #66

rurallib

(64,415 posts)
3. PHWEW! So glad for you
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 10:55 AM
Oct 29

Seems like we have had a lot of reports on here of members getting good reports. That is great!

lapfog_1

(31,431 posts)
5. Your catbyte posts are my daily "bright spot"
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:03 AM
Oct 29

keep 'em coming!

Here is to your negative diagnosis!

Trueblue1968

(18,968 posts)
7. Thank God girl !!!!! Happy for you. My cancer is done and i am cancer free now.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:07 AM
Oct 29

Now I just have to get rich of my thyroid cancer. ..... Congrats again.

Picaro

(2,296 posts)
10. Very glad to hear you got the all clear
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:21 AM
Oct 29

You know I love your postings. Glad you will be with us for the foreseeable future.😉

pandr32

(13,641 posts)
11. Call it a Halloween scare!
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:28 AM
Oct 29

Now you can treat yourself to some relief. Thank goodness!
I am happy to hear you have cancer-free days ahead.

Billsdaughter

(106 posts)
14. So happy for you and us! Lots of worry going
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:46 AM
Oct 29

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!!!!

twodogsbarking

(16,806 posts)
16. The saying is that women go to the doctor when well but men go when they aren't well.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 11:51 AM
Oct 29

I see my doc regularly and I ain't no woman. Good for you my love. Stay well all.

wordstroken

(1,395 posts)
21. So glad to hear about your super-great news, catbyte. As an RN, I hear you about healthcare staff who are aloof
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 12:10 PM
Oct 29

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

70sEraVet

(5,121 posts)
23. Maybe every year we should get a good health scare,
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 12:30 PM
Oct 29

Just to make sure we don't take life for granted!
Kidding, of course, but glad you're ok.

generalbetrayus

(1,393 posts)
24. Great news, catbyte! I was luckier than you in that when I was referred to a urologist for possible prostate cancer,
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 12:31 PM
Oct 29

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.

ms.pamela

(68 posts)
26. No Cancer
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 12:35 PM
Oct 29

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.

DFW

(59,385 posts)
31. Be happy. Be VERY happy!
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 01:16 PM
Oct 29

When it was my wife’s 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)
32. About 25 years ago, my wife advanced to the surgical biopsy stage, upon signing that she might wake up without...
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 01:21 PM
Oct 29

...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.

HeartsCanHope

(1,418 posts)
42. My husband's doctor sent him a cologuard test and the results came back as positive for cancer.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 04:57 PM
Oct 29

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)
43. Good News is always appreciated, especially this type of good news.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 06:51 PM
Oct 29

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So glad all's good and you can relax. Make sure you get those annual exams catbyte.

Clouds Passing

(6,548 posts)
44. Yay! Healthy boobies 😁
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 07:02 PM
Oct 29

Recently had my yearly mammo, waiting for results 🤞🏼🤞🏼 Had bc in 2011, scary times.

Rizen

(993 posts)
45. That's great! Early detection is very important.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 07:06 PM
Oct 29

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)
46. WHOOPIE, catbyte!!!!
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 08:01 PM
Oct 29
I KNOW what you mean! I have fibrocystic breasts and they do the same thing to me! Not fun going for that second scan.

hamsterjill

(16,845 posts)
49. Been there. Done that. Nervewracking!!!
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 08:12 PM
Oct 29

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)
53. Yup me too. The technology in mammograms is sometimes a double edged sword.
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 10:11 PM
Oct 29

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.

wendyb-NC

(4,528 posts)
55. Very good news
Wed Oct 29, 2025, 10:25 PM
Oct 29

Celebrate! It can be stressful when tests are results show "something' suspicious. Glad you are okay. Stay well always.

benfranklin1776

(6,976 posts)
60. Excellent news! 👏🏼👏🏼
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 02:07 AM
Oct 30

What a relief for you and I’m 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! 🤗😸

peacebuzzard

(5,773 posts)
62. so glad you are cleared from this worry!😻
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:47 AM
Oct 30

Everything else in life is small potatoes.....Congratulations! I am so happy for you and us around here....❤️😻

peggysue2

(12,313 posts)
65. Great news, catbyte
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 10:42 AM
Oct 30

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!

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