Never been so excited about a mammo in my life!

I never had a digital mammography, just the regular films courtesy of Uncle Sam.  I am seen at the best breast clinic in the military, but I still don't think they use the best equipment. The doctors and staff rotate in and out and I have to constantly re-explain my history, changes, etc.  Now I was very lucky to get a referral there and I thought I would get more focused attention. But many of the great ladies seen there are battling BC, which means my complaints and questions are usually met with subtle eye rolling and deep sighs - I know I am at the bottom of the spectrum, care wise. So not sure if has been a "good thing" to be seen here, or a "bad thing." Sometimes I feel like if I walked into a regular breast clinic with my stack of records and films, and family history, it might get a little more attention. For instance, I have begged for an MRI for my busy, bad breast and they won't do it. I guess they cost a lot. I think I am worth that investment after many decades of service myself and being married to a military man, as well, but it is what it is!

My left breast is a mess, I've had a ductal excision w/ lumpectomy, increasing calcs, two areas of increasing density, nipple changes and feelings of icy hot cold, "pulling" and itching.  Every 6 months I go to the clinic and have the films taken. I am always told to stay in the hospital gown and we then do a series of follow up diagnostics on the bad breast. There is much shoulder shrugging and language like "it's probably ok in there", "you're having phantom pain and feelings, no evidence of disease" (umm, excuse me? my right breast is crystal clear, so I think I do have breast disease/degeneration/something or other) - maybe no evidence of cancer is the right terminology but if we can't see into 75% of the breast, we really can't say that either) and then I get the BIRADS 3, probably benign, come back in 6 months.

So....I just saw a mobile digital mammography van in my neighborhood and found out my insurance will cover it.  I read that digital mammos can detect problems in dense breasts that are routinely missed by regular mammos 10-25% of the time.  I am going to check out my records from the clinic and take them with me to the appointment.

Does anyone have experience with this - going from a regular mammo to digital? Is it really that much better, did anything weird thing pop up?

Just curious. I never obsess about my breast issues or let it rule my world, but I do wonder what might be cooking in there and guess I've never been satisfied with the answer. Maybe I will just pay for an MRI one of these days, hopefully my kid will get a college scholarship, LOL!  Thanks ladies, love and hugs to all of you!