No Lumpectomy today

PATM8848

Well as usual my luck stinks! I went for my lumpectomy today and when I was called back in the Radiology the imaging ctr they appologized for my wait time. No problem I said the Ultrasound tech than said the radiologist was trying to reach my Surgeon to discuss something. O.K well I think what is it that she wants to discuss with him. So as the tech is doing the Ultrasound I start to chat with her talking about the Lumpectomy and saying that it didnt make a difference to me if it was a Mastectomy as long as they get it all. well the tech says I will be right back I want to tell the radiologist what you just said. She comes back takes about 25-30 diff ultrasound pixs and than ask me to wait a min.She comes back in the room and says the radiologist wants another mammo. That gets done I wait again they are still trying to get my surgeon (he is insurgery).They finally come in and tell me no surgery today they will call within 2 hours or I should call them. I go home run to restroom and my cell rings it is the Radiologist calling to tell me she was finally able to speak to my surgeon and that she was not willing to go along with the Surgeon for a lumpectomy because there are to many areas in hte Breast that are in her eyes questionable and when the bx was done they only bxs 1 area. She felt there were 2 many areas and to much change in mammo from previous mammos that the lumpectomy was not the best treatment and that I might require further surgery if it wasnt treated properly in the 1st time. So  back to square 1. I did get called immediately by the Suregeons office and was given an appointment for 9am tomorrow. The radiologist said the Surgeon may want me to get another bx  in several locations. I say enough. I will go and listen to the Surgeon and see what he has to say but I dont want to wait for more results I am tired of this already it has stressed me out so much I could scream. I am in the frame of mind to just say to hell with it all. I am going to call the shots I have decided the best thing for me is a bmx I have spoken to my primary care physican he agrees with me he said he will write a letter if I need him to but I am going to the Surgeons office tomorrow and I am going to put my foot down and say it is my body I will decide wht Iwant to do to it. I have had enough what the hell do we get test for if the other Drs dont read all the request or all the results. The Radiologist said dont be upset with the Surgeon he only had the results that he was given. Well then that means the Breast Ctr did not do the bx on all the areas that the refering Radiologist requested but the Surgeon didnt have that information. I felt so good going to a Breast Ctr were they specialize in BC boy was I wrong. So I dont want more bx I dont want to wait for it to come back saying it is in all quadrants I will just take my chances and get rid of them both and I can live with my decision because it is MY decision.Then I can get my life back in working order. Thanks for letting me vent.

Pat 

By the way I made the Radiologist up a little basket and brought it to her to say thanks for looking good at my Mammo and finding the DCIS who knows if she missed it I may a different dx the next time i had a mammo. The basket contained all kinds of things from HOOTERS Restaurant, Wing sauce, breading mix, an ovenmitt with the Hooters logo all over it, a small wing platter with the Hooters logo a basting brush and some thongs. I got it all at Kmart before Christmas they had these gift sets I just bought a few sets and pieced them together and put it in another basket. I did hope that she had a good sense of humor. What better (or more fiting should I say) way to say thanks from me and my Boobs.

barbe1958

I hope you meant tongs and not thongs! ehehhehehehehe

Good vent by the way....keep us posted.