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taiga · 08-14-2012, 10:40 AM

I was in the same situation. I got all 10 of my reports - all were "extremely dense breast tissue". I had 2 mammograms while in treatment for ovarian cancer - you'd think someone would have at least thought maybe an ultrasound would be warranted, but no, got my "all clear" letter. All clear because you can't see anything they are sooooo dense! I had a mammogram in October 2011, felt a rather large lump a month later. My breasts are so dense it didn't show on the diagnostic mammogram and they really had to look for it with the ultrasound, and it was 1"! I'm in MO and they just passed legislation to include verbage on your "all clear" letter that you have dense breast tissue and to discuss it with your physician. I have told many, many people about the website areyoudense.org - a valuable piece of information that needs to be shared with all women getting mammograms.

08-14-2012, 10:40 AM	#4
taiga Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 3	Re: Dense Breasts I was in the same situation. I got all 10 of my reports - all were "extremely dense breast tissue". I had 2 mammograms while in treatment for ovarian cancer - you'd think someone would have at least thought maybe an ultrasound would be warranted, but no, got my "all clear" letter. All clear because you can't see anything they are sooooo dense! I had a mammogram in October 2011, felt a rather large lump a month later. My breasts are so dense it didn't show on the diagnostic mammogram and they really had to look for it with the ultrasound, and it was 1"! I'm in MO and they just passed legislation to include verbage on your "all clear" letter that you have dense breast tissue and to discuss it with your physician. I have told many, many people about the website areyoudense.org - a valuable piece of information that needs to be shared with all women getting mammograms.