Well, last week I noticed a wet spot on the cups of my bra. Nipple discharge.
After the fog cleared around me, I picked up the phone and called my Dr's office. I was able to get in first thing the next morning.
I arrived 10 minutes early (why do I always do that for Dr appointments, knowing damn well they will be late) and was under the impression I would see MY Dr. It wasn't until this obnoxious red haired bitch walked in that I realized I got in so quickly because I was seeing the Dr that was available.
Her ramped up demeanor, belittling attitude and obnoxious tone of voice had me retracting the instant she walked in. I told her why I was there, and that I had recently had a mammogram which said that the large (um, nearly the size of a tennis ball) cyst in my breast was perfectly normal...and now I have stains on my bra from discharge. I also told her that several people, including someone who HAS breast cancer right now that started with finding a "perfectly normal cyst", have recommended that I have the cyst biopsied. This is when she went off the deep end.
The attitude got even worse and she spoke to me as if my concerns and the concerns of other people were inconsequential. She told me I shouldn't take advice from anyone who isn't a "Dr" (complete with the finger "quotes"), and that the cyst is completely normal and I should think of it as a FREE BREAST IMPLANT and stop worrying! Yes! She said this to me. A female fucking doctor, talking to a freaked out patient who is convinced she has breast cancer! How inappropriate was that?
Anyway, my mind was whirling the entire time I was there. I wanted to ask her who the hell she thought she was. Or who she thought she was talking to. I wanted to tell her to leave the room and send in Dr. W. I wanted to PUMMEL HER.
She did refer me to a surgeon who could drain the cyst (for comfort sake) and told me that if I wanted to have it biopsied, to go ahead but she wouldn't refer me to anyone, and she ordered blood work to have the levels in my pituitary gland checked. If I have a tumor on my pituitary gland, that can cause nipple discharge. We'll see.
*the discharge could be any number of things: stimulation, from the pressing and squeezing of the mammogram, tumor on the pituitary gland, etc...
2 comments:
Jesus Christ on a cracker I want to punch this lady for you! Will your regular doc give you a referral to have it biopsied? Because, there is obv something other then a "perfectly normal TENNIS BALL SIZED (OMFG!) cyst" going on.
I had to fight with my insurance company and my doctor last year to get a baseline mammogram ...my grandmother had BRCA1 positive breast cancer (twice) and they recommend children and grandchildren get a base-line mammogram before age 30 in this case. But since she didn't you know, DIE from the BC, the insurance didn't want to pay and my doc didn't think it was necessary since she was a 2nd-degree relative. Arugh!!!! I did a ton of my own research and finally got my doc to order the test. But I paid out of pocket and eventually got reimbursed.
I hate most of my experiences when I visit doctors.
I do hope all turns out right for you. I also hope it helped to purge the story here.
Your son is adorable!
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