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Mammography Poll
My last poll was dropped from the forum last week so I am doing this one again.
Curious as to who found their lump first and who found their lump via a Mammogram
My 42 year old sister is hesitant to get a mammogram. She has never had one. I think she is afraid to get one and uses excuses like, they are not reliable, they cause cancer by radiation, etc…
We have a very strong history of breast cancer. Both my maternal grandmother and my older sister died very young from breast cancer. My grandmother was 53 and my sister was only 40. My sister was diagnosed stage IC, like I am and metastasized within 6 months. This was ten years ago, before Herceptin and HER2 testing.
I have very dense breasts so my mammogram was inconclusive for several years. I had a large white area on my mammogram for several years that never changed until I felt a lump my self. In hind site, I wish they had done a needle biopsy much sooner. Mine was visible on the mammogram and palpable when I was diagnosed.
How soon after your annual mammogram was your cancer diagnosed?
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DX 11/14/05, Stage 1C, Her2+ 3.4, ER+, PR+, K167 23%, Node Negative, MX0, Grade 3, 1.8CM, Lumpectomy 12/7/05; 6 rounds dense dose Taxol bi-weekly, 35 radiation, 1 year Herceptin, & Tamoxifen ongoing.
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