Biopsy Results - IDC

I had still heard nothing from the doctor's office, so I called back around 10 a.m. The nurse told me that she saw the report on Dr. Gillean's desk, but that the doctor was the only one who could tell you what was in the report. Ping.

Dr. Gillean called me at 1:20. When my cell phone rang, I went into the office supply room across from my cubicle at work and sat on the step stool in there to talk to her. She told me that the preliminary results of the biopsy indicated cancer, I asked her what kind and she said it was probably invasive ductal carcinoma and was in a milk duct. She apologized and said she was so sorry, that she was so surprised since we had just done the mammogram 5-2-06 and it was clean. She told me that her office would be calling me back to set an appointment with a breast surgeon. I was crying and shocked and scared.

I grabbed my security badge and left the building to go outside so I could call David. I sat on a bench outside and just cried. I tried and tried to call David, but he was in a meeting. He finally called me back and I just cried more. He told me to go home, asked if he needed to come pick me up, no I could get home. This meant I had to go in and tell Gabe, my boss, what I had found out. I turned off my computer, got my purse and went into Gabe's office and told him I needed to go home and what the results were. Bless his heart, he apologized and told me to go home.

On the way home Dr. Gillean's office called me back with my appointment for the breast surgeon. I was crying, so I asked her to wait for me to pull over. I pulled over in the parking lot of a building at IH 635 and Forest Lane. It took me forever to get paper out of my purse and could hardly hold the pen to write. She gave me the name of "Dr. Laivley", the address at Medical City Dallas and the time and date next week. She asked if I was alright to drive home. I said yes. I sat there in that parking lot for a while just to get a grip on myself.