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Becky · 04-06-2007, 10:48 AM

I had had my yearly mammogram 8 months prior to finding my lump and it was clean (no microcalcifications etc). The mammo I had when I found (and my PCP confirmed) my lump clearly showed the lump on mammo (and the adjacent cyst). I immediately had an ultrasound that showed the lump and cyst. The ultrasound confirmed a fluid filled benign cyst and a suspious solid lump. So much for earlier detection of an almost 2cm lump. And they "say" bc grows slowly!

04-06-2007, 10:48 AM	#7
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	I had had my yearly mammogram 8 months prior to finding my lump and it was clean (no microcalcifications etc). The mammo I had when I found (and my PCP confirmed) my lump clearly showed the lump on mammo (and the adjacent cyst). I immediately had an ultrasound that showed the lump and cyst. The ultrasound confirmed a fluid filled benign cyst and a suspious solid lump. So much for earlier detection of an almost 2cm lump. And they "say" bc grows slowly! __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"