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They found more masses...
I had my yearly mammo on Dec. 18th, 06. It found a 0.7 cm mass which they rated BIRADS 3. With my bc history I requested an ultrasound. I've had an ultrasound & 4 additional views of the mass that was found.
Surgeon reviewed new films & it showed the same 0.7 mass at 2 o'clock. It says it has a peripheral lucency consistent with lymph node.
But ultrasound found TWO masses in left breast. 0.7 cm, & 1.5 cm hypeoehoic masses consistent with lymph nodes. Then it says there are ALSO AT LEAST *two* 1.8 cm nodes in left axilla. (Now that they did these EXTRA films and U/S...its down graded from a BIRADS 3 to a BIRADS 2.) How can that be? First it was ONE mass...now four or more yet lowered?
I told my surgeon I wanted a MRI and biopsied. He says I shouldn't be worried about it and expected me to forget about it. The pain alone is enough I can't forget about it. There IS something wrong. How can they rate this as a BIRADS 2 when their are so many enlarged lymph nodes/masses?
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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