made it through the MRI-assisted biopsies

Well, it was no picnic, and I'm not particularly comfortable now, but I made it through okay. I did end up with two new biopsies, one in each breast. The biopsy results from the one on Tuesday are negative (not cancer). Earlier this morning, on the way home from swimming, I was listening to the radio and heard an interview with some reporters stationed in Syria, about the impact of the civil war there. One of them told about watching an infant die of a simple respiratory infection because her parents couldn't get her to the hospital because of the shelling. I realized, I am incredibly lucky to have easy and safe and affordable access to this very high-tech diagnostic procedure. And, I wanted to try to remember that while in the midst of it. Suzanne coached me to actually tell the medical professionals to remind me -- which I did, and they did. I wasn't able to exactly feel gratitude, especially because it was quite painful for a while at one point, but I did notice things like, at least I'm not in a war zone. No one is shooting at me. I am safe. The medical team were all super supportive, holding my hand through the parts where they were in the room with me. And my friend Anita came with me to support me before & after, which was wonderful (and had the added perk that she could come further into the Breast Center with me -- there are certain areas Don wasn't allowed because they are women only!). After it was all over, a couple different people told me independently, "This is the most difficult test we offer here." And also, "Have a wonderful weekend."