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Old Apr 02, 2022, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by BeyondtheRainbow View Post
I am awake enough to say thank you all for the support with my biopsy Thursday. I've been quite tired since although not as bad as the first one of this type.

This one was mentally harder. For one thing it is just not very comfortable. I don't know why they don't make the table more like a massage table as Beth suggested. My guess is they don't want you to be able to watch the procedure. They also angle your head up a bit and that may be necessary for some reason. They say they give you a pillow but it's about 1/4" thick so the word "pillow" is sort of an overstatement. Getting onto the table and insto position is interesting...you climb up and then scootch around until only the correct breast is in the hole and your arms and head are in specific positions. It's not a graceful experience.

I'm not super happy about how it was done. There was a radiologist and a resident or med student. The resident/med student did the procedure with step-by-step directions from the doctor. That's fine. I have no problems with people learning on me. What I did not like is I was never introduced to him and since you have to walk around the table to be seen I never saw him. The doctor walked around the table but only after the procedure. I would have preferred to see her before people started cutting my breast. Small thing but annoying. I hope I get a survey so I can comment on this.

Now I'm just waiting. I should hear sometime after Tuesday.

Again, thank you all who have supported me. Hopefully this comes to an end April 25. Well, that's surgery day and then it will be a few more days for pathology. So by April 30 realistically.

Hi Rainbow, I feel honored that you are sharing such a personal and difficult experience here, that you are allowing me/us to support you.

The situation on Thursday sounds like it was challenging and also uncomfortable. That you were not introduced to the person doing the biopsy is really an oversight. Not thoughtful. I do hope you get a survey and can make a complaint.

The bed does sound less than comfy. It is probably made in such a way that is correct for that procedure. And I'll bet you're correct - they don't want you to see what's going on. I hate that. It's my body, I will watch. In some ways, medical procedures (especially for women) have a ways to go, don't they. Although, I will say they've come a long way, too. 42 years ago when I had my first pelvic they were still using large metal speculums. Crazy. And icky, that they were not disposable. I remember when doctors started using smaller plastic speculums I was like, "WOW! This is progress!"

Anyway, you did it! You were so courageous, and you made it through. Less than 3 weeks until the 25th - it'll be here so quickly.
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