And the Journey Begins…
April began
much like March; I was looking for apartments and putting together the garage
sale. The week of the garage sale was
April 18th. The Thursday
night two days prior to it. I got out of
the shower and noticed that the nipple on my left breast had turned light
brown. My first thought was this was not
normal. I called my mother who was out
of town taking care of my sister after her surgery. We agreed that I needed to get it checked
out.
The day of
the garage sale did not go as planned because of weather. As I was cleaning up the garage, I made a
visit to Urgent Care in Conyers. The
doctor gave me a referral to see a Breast Surgeon. I saw him the following week. He wanted me to get a mammogram and
ultrasound. This was planned for May 1st. Now for those of you who don’t know one good
thing about Obamacare is women get free mammograms except in my case. Mine was considered diagnostic which means
that I owed the hospital money because of not reaching my deductible and max
out of pocket.
I had never
had a mammogram before. Mom and I had
planned to go out and make a decision on an apartment. We went to the hospital. I knew that they
would find something on the left breast but hoped it would just be an
infection. After the mammogram and
ultrasound, mom and I were called into the nurse navigator office. We were told
that it was more serious than that and they wanted to make an appointment with
the surgeon for the following week. I
once again conveyed my concerns about paying for care.
The
following week my parents left to close on the condo in Florida. I assured them that the doctor’s appointment
would be fine and we would “discuss a biopsy of the left breast.” I was wrong I found myself walking from the
doctor’s office at the hospital to the women’s’ care wing where they biopsied
the lymph node under my left arm. I was
told that I couldn’t go back to work for two days. I found myself with the weekend to wonder
what they would find.
To be continued
Wednesday.
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