Results

I had to return to the breast clinic the day after the biopsy to see the doctor for results. I chose to take the bus into town instead of driving to save a bit of sanity and money. It was quite hot, just as it had been the day before. Fortunately the bus had good air conditioning so I was comfortable the whole trip. Once into town there was the maze leading out of the temporary bus station while construction continues on a new station and other facilities. The walkway looked mostly like a construction walled labyrinth where you couldn’t see terribly much from any particular angle.

I wasn’t supposed to be doing any strenuous exercise but I did end of doing quite a bit of walking, mainly because I had arrived well over an hour early and did not have anything to do. So I did get some exercise traipsing through the city and even found a milk tea (bubble tea) shop I hadn’t noticed before. Obviously I had to try it out so chose a lavender tea with fresh milk. The fresh milk hasn’t been an option anywhere else I’ve been. Not even at my favourite Hi Tea. Also this tea place had options for how much sugar and how cold it was. There were also several options for toppings but I stuck with the tried and true sago bubbles. The end result was quite satisfying and refreshing on a hot day. The sago was cooked really well, not chewy or too soft.

I also wandered through several shopping arcades and shops along the way. I stopped at T2, a tea retail shop. They have samples of many of the teas available to try and I had a bit of almost everything except the hot teas. I had taken my camera so took various photos around the city and hopefully some of those will be decent enough. A week later and I have downloaded the photos but done nothing further with them.

Finally I ran out of things to do during my limited time and it was still quite hot. I went ahead and walked back to the hospital and sat in the waiting room, which was quite cool. I got called in about ten minutes after my appointed time. The biopsy was clear and I was back to doing a yearly mammogram (due to family history). The doctor also said it seems pretty likely that they got all of the calcification with the biopsy, which went even further to ease my mind. So the calcification was just the normal  benign type that is common for women of my age.

After I left, I did a bit more wandering around town and then headed to the bus station. It was about then I thought perhaps I would buy a few Krispy Kreme doughnuts at the pop up 7 Eleven in the city. I walked back and bought the three doughnuts before heading back to the station. By the time I got on the bus, it was after 5pm. I made the mistake of sitting on the left side of the bus, so there was sun on my left almost the entire trip home. But the bus wasn’t all that crowded like I expected so it was at least comfortable to sit throughout.