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v-ness · 03-05-2011, 04:26 PM

thanks, jackie. my sense from the doctor who did the ultrasound was that he could not definitively declare it them fibroadenomas any more than the radiologist could who did the MRI. what i wish is that they'd done a baseline MRI before i ever even had the original tumor taken out so we'd know if these were even there back then. i had to fight to get them to even mammo the right breast. i will be happy when the surgeon gets the little bugger out and declares it harmless. v

03-05-2011, 04:26 PM	#3
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: second primary breast cancer thanks, jackie. my sense from the doctor who did the ultrasound was that he could not definitively declare it them fibroadenomas any more than the radiologist could who did the MRI. what i wish is that they'd done a baseline MRI before i ever even had the original tumor taken out so we'd know if these were even there back then. i had to fight to get them to even mammo the right breast. i will be happy when the surgeon gets the little bugger out and declares it harmless. v __________________ 8/09 - IDC 1.8 cm triple positive, lumpectomy left breast 10/09 began chemo (taxotere & carboplatin) and weekly herceptin. 1/21/10 finished chemo, continued on herceptin every 3 weeks until 10/2010. 2/10 began 7 wks of radiation 6/10 mom dies of primary peritoneal ovarian cancer 8/10 got my last remaining ovary out 10/10 mammogram all clear 3/11 MRI shows 5 'spots' in right breast, largest 1 cm unidentifiable on US needle biopsy proved the largest to be old inflamed cyst -phew! 7/10 switched to Arimidex 8/9 switched to Femara - allergic to arimidex Femara made me lose hair quickly so switched to Aromasin Aromasin made my hair fall out too and the bone pain was too much. back on Tamoxifen 1/2013. blood clot from trains and planes 5/2014 so on coumadin per onco for as long as i am on tamoxifen tamoxifen was supposed to be up with my 5 yrs in may but my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer so i am staying on tamoxifen indefinitely because i want some ammo against BC, given the stress. lost my husband in only 10 wks in 2007 to stage 4 esophageal cancer. cancer's screwing with another man i love 2/2016 - 6yrs in remission, off tamoxifen and off coumadin - yay!