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Becky · 01-24-2011, 03:11 PM

I join your club with a clear mammo 7 months prior. HOWEVER, in my case (an unbeknowst to me) many of my mammogram full doctor versions said, "this patient has extremely dense breasts that are difficult to read", although there is no change in last year, we recommend MRI to rule out any unseen changes". This is not what you, the patient, gets from the mammo center. We get "no changes" and perhaps a birads reading. Prior to cancer, I did not ask or receive the full blown out version the prescribing doctor did. I get them now and don't go to that family practioner either as she should have sent me for follow up MRIs for 5 years running (as I got all my reports after bc and this density issue was always mentioned but no one ever told me)! So maybe there was something there 7 months prior that just couldn't be seen because of dense tissue - or it was a big bang. I too had a positive node.

01-24-2011, 03:11 PM	#7
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Re: Big bang theory of cancer development I join your club with a clear mammo 7 months prior. HOWEVER, in my case (an unbeknowst to me) many of my mammogram full doctor versions said, "this patient has extremely dense breasts that are difficult to read", although there is no change in last year, we recommend MRI to rule out any unseen changes". This is not what you, the patient, gets from the mammo center. We get "no changes" and perhaps a birads reading. Prior to cancer, I did not ask or receive the full blown out version the prescribing doctor did. I get them now and don't go to that family practioner either as she should have sent me for follow up MRIs for 5 years running (as I got all my reports after bc and this density issue was always mentioned but no one ever told me)! So maybe there was something there 7 months prior that just couldn't be seen because of dense tissue - or it was a big bang. I too had a positive node. __________________ 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"