I had a screening mammogram, and then a diagnostic mammogram and an ultrasound on a breast lump in my left breast. I figured I'd rather hear the results from my primary care doctor than from a stranger in the radiology department, so I asked for an appointment with her for that purpose and told the radiologist of my desire.

At any rate, a couple of days later I get a phone call from my doc's office. The first thing the nurse said was, "We have made you an appointment for a biopsy on January 30." I tried to question her, and all she said was, "You have a breast mass." Well, I already knew that!

I kept my appointment with my doc for that afternoon. She acted very nonchalant about everything, saying basically not much more than, "Oh, you have some calcifications. You'll be fine."

I told her I wanted to go to Duke Hospital (a famous one for such treatments) for the biopsy and for anything else that needed to be done. Her response was, "Well, that will take longer, but I don't guess a couple of weeks will matter, since if you have cancer, it will be slow-growing."

I go to Duke and get examined. They determine that the lump is what's called a "fatty necrosis"--nothing to worry about. But while they were doing mammograms, they were concentrating mucn more on my right breast. I asked the tech why and she said the major concern was calcifications in my right breast. That was why the biopsy had been ordered. Nothing to do with my left breast!

I got curious, so I went to my doc's office and got a copy of the radiology report. It clearly stated that the lump on my left breast was likely a cyst and then reported on increasing clustered calcifications in my right breast, leading them to recommend a biopsy. I now have one scheduled for this Friday, the 13th, at Duke.

Should I be mad that my doc's office was so vague about my report? I mean, couldn't they have told me the lump in the left breast was likely a cyst and "a biopsy had been recommended because of calcifications in my right breast"? I certainly feel like I was misled and have worried even more as a result.

What do you folks think?