Mammograms, Ultrasounds, and ECHOs, Oh My

 Just when you all think I have a day off, that day consists of three new scans and yet another trip to the eye doctor. 

 My dry eyes (and therefore vision issues) aren’t budging so we’re adding Loteprednol, a steroid eye gel, to the mix. I have to wait for my pharmacy to order it. I’m getting all the weird stuff to fix my weirdisms. Thank you 1% chance of side effects. 

 I also had a repeat mammogram, ultrasound, and ECHO. The mammogram and ultrasound were due to continuing to do my self breast exams and feeling another lump in the SAME EXACT SPOT that felt EXACTLY the same and my PCP concurred. Better safe than sorry. It’s that balance between being the girl who cried wolf and one who doesn’t speak up, which I’m not sure I’d ever be capable of. The area of concern is being categorized as a BI-RADs 3. I personally love the terminology “probably benign” and feel like that was written by a very intelligent doctor who had amazing malpractice insurance. Here’s a refresher on BI-RADs categories and a great link to visuals of each:

 My ECHO was my 3 month standard scan. Not expecting any surprises there but you never know. Is it just me or does the mitral valve (one of your heart valves) look like they’re playing patty cake?

 I’m so very tired right now and one more day of work to go. Send me energy friends.