<p>Hooray!!!</p>
<p>Thanks for the update, IUmom. Glad the news was good!</p>
<p>I’ve also been called in for a second look, followed by an ultrasound as one of my breasts is very dense. Since then I always have an ultrasound scheduled along with the mammography.</p>
<p>Great news!!</p>
<p>Yay! I came looking for this thread and I’m glad you got it answered so quickly.</p>
<p>wonderful news!</p>
<p>Great news! I was thinking of you today. My repeat mammo didn’t come out so well last year… :-(</p>
<p>Great news!</p>
<p>Excellent!</p>
<p>That’s great news!!!</p>
<p>All clear…on to the next “worry”! :)</p>
<p>Dear Sue22, I hope things are going okay for you–sorry yours didn’t go well.</p>
<p>To all: This is a great community–I so appreciate your words of advice and support. It means a lot. My H still doesn’t even know, haven’t connected yet due to the travel stuff & bad phone service where he is. It’s nice to know there are so many kind people in the world.</p>
<p>I can’t believe that I came to this Forum tonight and found this thread! I got the “dreaded call” late this afternoon and I am more than a little upset. The woman said that “there is a nodule in the right breast” so they don’t consider the study complete and I need another mammogram and an ultrasound. The earliest that they can get me in is next Wednesday, the 17th. To add to this confusion is the fact that I had a chest X-ray to rule out pneumonia(in the same facility) three weeks ago, and got hauled back in for a CT scan because they “saw a tiny nodule in (my) right lung”. The CT scan revealed that there was nothing at all there. Oh, and on the same day as the original mammogram, I had a bone density scan and the machine broke while they were doing it so they had to quit! This isn’t in the middle of nowhere, but rather at a radiology office of University Hospital in Cleveland.All my mammograms in the past had been done in a state-of-the-art facility and read by an MD renown in the field and nothing had ever turned up, but that was in another state.
I should say that my mother had bilateral breast cancer, but had been told that it was a result of taking high dose oral contraceptives when they first came out- she never had chemo or radiation and had no further occurrences. No other relative ever had any problems.
After a horrible week worrying about the mythical lung nodule, now I find myself frightened again and concocting all kinds of horrible scenarios in my mind. My D is just beginning her grad school auditions and we have a family vacation planned for December (I just bought the plane tickets on Sunday). Any thoughts as to what I should do? Just wait it out? The woman said that they didn’t have to get another requisition from my MD because they consider this an extension of the original mammogram. Should I beg them for an earlier appointment or ask to go elsewhere? I’m not all that familiar with other facilities here and this was where my MD sent me…
I suspect a long night of bad dreams ahead of me…</p>
<p>I got called back 2 years ago and the repeat also “didn’t go so well.” I then went for a simple stereotactic biopsy (done by the radiologist in the mammogram room) and it could not be done. I then went for an open biopsy to outpatient surgery. After that I waited a week for the biopsy results which were negative! It was terrifying.</p>
<p>If I had to do it again, I would wait and just repeat the mammogram in 6 months. We have no evidence that if the biopsy was positive, I would have had a better outcome getting the diagnosis 6 months later. We actually don’t have much evidence that mammograms save lives. We know they catch cancer early, but that doesn’t mean improved outcomes. I still dutifully get my mammograms and had one yesterday morning. But I wonder if it’s just a wast of time and radiation. </p>
<p>So Mezzo’sMama. Changing facilities is too difficult and waiting till next week won’t make one bit of difference. I’d recommend hanging tight and letting the process play out. And by all means, don’t let your brain go to A to Z. Certainly I was trying to figure out how I was going to get radiation treatments on my way to work! What a waste of brain space. </p>
<p>On my f/u mammogram, 1 year after the terrifying biopsy, the radiologist told me I was “one lucky lady and should buy a lottery ticket” as she would have bet on the fact I had cancer from the appearance of the mammogram. Remember, the mammogram is a screening test, not a diagnosis.</p>
<p>Cheers to IUmom7 and hugs to Mezzo’sMom. I know this must be a scary time for you.</p>
<p>I agree with wholeheartedly with GTAlum. Don’t bother going to another facility (just keep your appointment next week), and try not to worry. Yeah, right - I know that, for me, that was next to impossible. Is there anyone there - a close friend? - you can talk to?</p>
<p>Will be keeping you in my prayers…</p>
<p>Mezzo’sMom–hang in there. Keep busy & try to think positive. Easy for me to say, I know. I lucked out and because of a cancellation got the 2nd scan done next day.
Maybe try calling them at the beginning of each day and seeing if any cancellations have opened.</p>
<p>Creating this thread made me feel less anxious. I hope you are able to sleep. Take long walks if you can and wear yourself out a bit physically.</p>
<p>Big hug and hope it is just an anomaly on the image.</p>
<p>Mezzo’sMom - Try not to worry - most times a second look is fine. Keep us posted - hugs!! {{ }}</p>
<p>GTalum – I’m very happy that your biopsy after a suspicious mammogram was negative, and f/u mammogram was fine a year later. As to whether or not mammograms save lives? Perhaps not by itself, but the combination with BSE and an ultrasound resulted in my diagnosis. Perhaps for someone who is not diagnosed it is a waste of time, but for me – it saved my life. I’ve been a survivor for nine years this December, and am thankful to be going through the college application process with our DD’13, who was only 8-1/2 years old when I was diagnosed at age 39 :D</p>
<p>I’m so glad our2girls! Thanks for your inspirational story.</p>
<p>I need to stop trying to read CC posts on my phone. I thought this said “glad for your two girls” LOL!</p>
<p>GTalum - you’re welcome! </p>
<p>jym626 - lol!</p>
<p>…so, gals, please take care of regular BSEs and mammograms…if issues arise discuss next steps with your doctor(s)</p>
<p>Hugs to all {{ }}</p>