coco446
02-25-2009, 10:14 AM
Did you suspect? Or was it detected only through a routine mammo?
Did you have any pain?
How soon after your mammo did you find out?
Do they call right away?
Here we receive a letter about a week or two later if everything was normal.
Also can they tell through a mammo if it has spread? Lymph area?
Thanks for any info. I really appreciate it.
I hate the waiting & the fear of the unknown.
Did you have any pain?
How soon after your mammo did you find out?
Do they call right away?
Here we receive a letter about a week or two later if everything was normal.
Also can they tell through a mammo if it has spread? Lymph area?
Thanks for any info. I really appreciate it.
I hate the waiting & the fear of the unknown.
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leea1206
02-26-2009, 01:54 PM
Coco-
I was dxed with early stage br cancer in May 2006 and am doing well. I had some microcalcifications in the other breast the yr, prior, but otherwise had clean mammograms. I was 48 at the time. We have a family hx, so it was always a little in the back of my mind.
Anyway, I did not have any pain. I felt no lump. It was small and was caught early on mammo. No node invovement. - If it is cancer, they determine the node status during surgery (usually a sentinal node biopsy these days, which only looks at the 1st 1-2 nodes. - If those are clean, the rest should be clean as well).
It took about a week for me to receive a letter saying I needed more mammos and an ultrasound. then I had a core needle biopsy.
Hope this answers yoru questions. Try not to worry too much. alot of women receive call - back letters, and even go through biopsys, with totally beneign results.
Leea
I was dxed with early stage br cancer in May 2006 and am doing well. I had some microcalcifications in the other breast the yr, prior, but otherwise had clean mammograms. I was 48 at the time. We have a family hx, so it was always a little in the back of my mind.
Anyway, I did not have any pain. I felt no lump. It was small and was caught early on mammo. No node invovement. - If it is cancer, they determine the node status during surgery (usually a sentinal node biopsy these days, which only looks at the 1st 1-2 nodes. - If those are clean, the rest should be clean as well).
It took about a week for me to receive a letter saying I needed more mammos and an ultrasound. then I had a core needle biopsy.
Hope this answers yoru questions. Try not to worry too much. alot of women receive call - back letters, and even go through biopsys, with totally beneign results.
Leea
coco446
02-28-2009, 06:45 PM
Well I just received my call back letter saying they need more images and am very worried/scared at this point.
This really stinks.
This really stinks.
leea1206
03-01-2009, 05:16 PM
I know your scared. - Please keep posting and let us know how it goes.
Hugs and best wishes to you.
Leea
Hugs and best wishes to you.
Leea
braveheart226
03-01-2009, 05:25 PM
Needing more images doesn't necessarily mean anything bad...
technicians sometimes just need a different angle. Of course you're nervous, but try not to jump to any conclusions about this, it can be perfectly routine.
Sue
technicians sometimes just need a different angle. Of course you're nervous, but try not to jump to any conclusions about this, it can be perfectly routine.
Sue
coco446
03-02-2009, 03:31 PM
Just found out that they want to do a spot compression of some dense breast tissue. There is not a lump or mass noted.
Hopefully they are just being careful.
Thanks for the encouragement.
Hopefully they are just being careful.
Thanks for the encouragement.
braveheart226
03-02-2009, 10:09 PM
Excellent !!!!
coco446
03-04-2009, 08:14 AM
Just found out that they want to do a spot compression of some dense breast tissue. There is not a lump or mass noted.
Hopefully they are just being careful.
Thanks for the encouragement.
YIPPEE! All it was was dense breast tissue that didn't show up on a previous mammo. :D
Glad that is over.
Take care all.
Hopefully they are just being careful.
Thanks for the encouragement.
YIPPEE! All it was was dense breast tissue that didn't show up on a previous mammo. :D
Glad that is over.
Take care all.
leea1206
03-04-2009, 09:04 AM
Awesome!!
Go celebrate!
Leah
Go celebrate!
Leah