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AlaskaAngel · 09-23-2008, 02:17 PM

I too hope all's well for you. I had a lumpectomy in 2002 and at 5 years out, increased calcifications were found in the other breast and I was put on 6-month repeat. At 6 months, mammogram/CAD was repeated and I was cleared and put back to annual mammos. I get my next 12-month mammo in December. I asked my surgeon in Seattle recently about having the Dilon done, as that is what made sense to me. At this time he would prefer either an MRI or a PEM (positive emission mammogram). I will see him in December and discuss it again with him.

AlaskaAngel

09-23-2008, 02:17 PM	#8
AlaskaAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 2,018	choices I too hope all's well for you. I had a lumpectomy in 2002 and at 5 years out, increased calcifications were found in the other breast and I was put on 6-month repeat. At 6 months, mammogram/CAD was repeated and I was cleared and put back to annual mammos. I get my next 12-month mammo in December. I asked my surgeon in Seattle recently about having the Dilon done, as that is what made sense to me. At this time he would prefer either an MRI or a PEM (positive emission mammogram). I will see him in December and discuss it again with him. AlaskaAngel