- Date posted
- 1y
Putting my health OCD to the test
So I recently had an ultrasound for both my breasts because I was experiencing pain and I have an infected nipple. The doctor of the ultrasound wasn't very concerned, he didn't find anything suspicious just some dense breast tissue which would be normal for my age (23) and 2 small cystes. He told me for safety measures he would recommend coming back in 3-6 months just to make sure norhing changes. I felt very good afterwards and was really proud on how I handled the situation with my health OCD. However a few days after I had to call my regular doctor to discuss these results and she was very nervous and scared me a lot. She told me she would really recommend going back in exactly 3 months because I had Birad score 3 which according to her wasn't very good. I looked this up and birad 3 means that what they found is like 98 percent sure benign but that they will do a check up after a few months to be sure, just like the 1st doctor said. Now I have a hard time because I want to believe the doctor from the ultrasound who actually is specialized in this field but my GP really scared me by being so nervous. I am going back in February but that's still so long... Any tips on how to handle this period of uncertainty?