First Year Milestone ... Good News!
I finally had my first post-treatment mammogram on October 4th. It was much more thorough than a routine mammogram with more pictures and additional views on the right side. They had also ordered an ultrasound. With BC patients, they always have a radiologist immediately read them and notate anything suspicious and talk to the patients that very day about the results. No waiting. So I did the test (only one pose was painful) and sat in the waiting room until they called me back to the radiologist's office. He smiled and asked if I remembered him as the doctor who did my biopsy procedure last year. I did recognize him but did not remember his name (last year was a whirlwind between the months of September and December). He said he took a careful look and felt very confident there were no suspicious areas and that both breasts were cancer-free. In fact, he asked who did the surgery and I told him Dr. Wagner did and he said kudos to her, it was one of the best jobs he had seen and t...