Health Scares

8 days is a long time to wait and worry.

This morning we received concerning news from the Faxton Hospital in Utica. A. went to this hospital on Monday for her first ever mammogram. The hospital folks called this morning to tell her that the doctor saw a "suspicious spot of density" on her left breast, and has requested that she return so that additional images could be taken. The problem is that they can't take her in until Wednesday, April 5th.

8 days is a long time to wait and worry.

I'm confident that this is a routine occurence, and will likely turn out to be nothing of concern. However, this request leaves us both in a state of uneasy worry. A. has always had a strong fear of breast cancer because it is so common in her family. Her Nana, and at least 5 of Nana's siblings have had cancer, and A.'s mother also got breast cancer three years ago. This disease is fucking horrible.

8 days is a long time to wait and worry.

jb