They only needed to get a picture of the left side this time. That is where they saw something. They took a couple pictures with a much fancier machine than I had the previous week. Then they took a blown up picture. They enlarged the picture so they could see it up closer. The technician showed the doctor the images. As soon as he was okay with them, I got to get dressed again. The nurse went to get Jason from the waiting room and the two of us went into the “viewing room” with the doctor.
The room was small. The doctor sat in a chair facing multiple computer screens, I don’t remember how many. We sat in two chairs behind him. There was another desk or table on the far wall with more screens. When we arrived the room was full. The doctor with the funny name showed us the images. On my left breast there were small white dots. These dots were what they call calcifications. On the enlarged picture the dots look like grains of salt. On the regular sized picture, you can barely see them. “These calcifications could be nothing, but we are not sure. We recommend a biopsy to find out what they are. I have already spoken with your doctor and she agrees with that recommendation. What would you like to do?”
I was in shock. I didn’t really feel like I had a choice. Those calcifications were a sign of something. It is possible that the something was nothing, but without a biopsy I wouldn’t know for sure. I would be continuously wondering if I was ok. What were those things? The wondering would be horrible. I had to do the biopsy just to know what was going on.
“We’ll do the biopsy.”
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