Probably Benign

Hi--thanks to all of you who responded. I called my breast surgeon's nurse and also send an email to the surgeon asking if I could have some further tests, or at least some reassurance that the BI-Rad3 finding was really benign. My surgeon initially responded that she preferred not to do an MRI this soon after surgery as I would probably get a false positive. She also said she would talk to the radiologist further but that it's usual to give all lumpectomy mammograms a BI-Rad 3 reading--she said it's a way to alert radiologist in the future to look closely, as this is someone who had breast cancer.

Today I saw her and her nurse, while there for my herceptin infusion, and she told me that two radiologists had reviewed my films and that what they had seen was, in fact, changes from surgery. She agreed that my next mammogram would be digital (my breast is still dense and difficult to see through). She did tell me, though, that digital mammograms are not as good at spotting calcifications, so that's a concern since I had DCIS as well as IDC. Oh well, I guess no test is perfect for everything.

Thanks again for your support.