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Re: Cancer that does not show on MAMMO.?
Because my grandmother was dx with breast cancer @ 85, I started doing regular mammograms when I turned 39. They always came back clear, even the year before my dx.
I found my lump and went to see my primary Dr. who sent me to the hospitals breast center. Guess what... my mammogram came back clear. My breast surgeon told me that if she didnt feel the lump herself, she would have sent me home. Instead she sent me for an immediate ultra sound and there it was, plain as day, a 2.5cm tumor. So scary!
My hospital was the first in the midwest to recieve a new 3D mammography machine - Tomosynthesis. It's a pretty amazing machine.
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10/01/10 - Dx at age 44. Found lump after miscarrying & was told it was "probably a clogged milk duct" not so much:
stage II - invasive ductal carcinoma ER/PR+ HER2+
10/01/10 - BRCA test - Negative
11/3/10 -2.5cm tumor removed via lumpectomy, clear margins. sentinal node biopsy - nodes clear!
12/2/10 - port placement
12/2/10 to 3/17/11 - 6 rounds of taxotere, carboplatin & herceptin every 3rd week.
04/20/11 - 6/6/11 - 33 rounds of radiation
4/6/11 to 11/2/11 - 11 additional rounds of herceptin every 3rd week
7/15/11 - port removal
7/5/11 started my 5 year journey on Tamoxifen
9/4/11 -1 yr Chest MRI - CLEAN!!!!
9/5/12 -2 yr Chest MRI - CLEAN!!!!
8/29/12 - Started spotting after being in chemopause 1.5 years. Ultra sound detected 6cm ovary mass & very thick lining. YIKES! Taken off Tamoxifen
9/6/12 - Full abdominal hysterectomy. Pathology report came back clean... thank you baby Jesus!!
9/28/12 - Started Anastrozole
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