Medical Stuff

No Suspicious Change!

by Kathy on October 5, 2026 · 0 comments

in Anticipation, Anxiety, Background, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Cysts, Hope, Medical Stuff, OB/GYN, Odds, The Future, The Past, Ultrasounds, Waiting

Almost two weeks ago, on September 22nd (the 84th anniversary of Mom’s birthday), after my 6-month follow up mammogram and ultrasound, I was changing back into my street clothes in the dressing room when I heard someone come into the waiting room and call the name “Jacqueline” to be next. Hearing my mom’s name, although […]

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Okay, Within Reason

by Kathy on March 25, 2026 · 2 comments

in Anticipation, Anxiety, Background, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Cysts, Hope, Medical Stuff, OB/GYN, Odds, Pain, The Future, The Past, Ultrasounds, Waiting

“You okay, within reason?” the mammogram tech asked me, almost rhetorically, each time before tightening the compressor even more on my right breast and telling me to hold my breath. She was apparently really focusing on an area they were concerned about. I was okay (enough) and it still hurt a lot. Today I had […]

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Middle Age Maladies

by Kathy on February 5, 2023 · 2 comments

in Anticipation, Bones, Eyes, Hope, Life, Medical Stuff

Next month I turn 48 and it seems this stage of middle age brings with it a host of seemingly random, and at times rare, medical challenges. I am not referring to Perimenopause, though I am definitely in the later stages of that, and it probably deserves it’s own post. Last year, after we moved […]

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