As many of you know, I went in to have my first mammogram last week after I was advised to do so by my gynecologist due to my paternal great grandmother having had breast cancer.  It was supposed to be just a screening and, although the technician warned me that many women get callbacks after their first exam, I didn't really expect that it would be anything but normal.     Unfortunately, nothing is ever that easy so I received a letter from the imaging place over Labor Day weekend asking me to return for a follow-up mammogram.  The letter said that there was a "finding" that they wanted take further images of.  It was terrifying and I couldn't help feeling that I was part of a cruel joke.  You see, I'm only 36 so I was expecting everything to be alright because most women don't even have to have a mammogram until they turn 40.     Also, I'm already living with Leukemia so the thought of having to deal with a secondary cancer is just too much to even have to wrap my head around. … [Read more...]