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First biopsy tomorrow
Hi all! I have posted here before though it has been a couple years. When I have my yearly scans I usually check in and read through posts for reassurance. I'm 38 years old, and a mom to 3, one of whom has special needs...which means I need a long and healthy life so I can be there for him! lol. Anyway, my dr has always…
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Biopsy Scheduled
Had a screening 3D mammogram, received a call back for a diagnostic mammogram/ultrasound. The report stated asymmetry with architectural distortion. When I went in I had the ultrasound 1st. The tech said the radiologist does the ultrasound 1st since I already had a 3D mammo and they try to limit the radiation. The tech…
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doctor not sure if i need a follow up?
hi lovely ladies! Ive been seeing a doctors for breast immaging for almost 2 years now (4 ultrasounds and 1 mammogram). Yesterday i had another ultrasound and mammogram at a new facility in a different hospital. Tech and radiologist said there was no evidence of cancer however that they need my previous imaging to compare…
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Painful Right Breast - please help!!
Hi I’ve been having pain in my right breast and have been so worried! I was seen at the breast clinic and she felt my boobs and didn’t seem worried and referred me for a routine ultrasound which would take 3 months so I decided to get a private ultrasound instead to get it seen quicker. I was previously diagnosed with…
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Worried (freaking out) about biopsy tomorrow
Hi everyone, I have read other people's threads who get tons of replies. I get very few replies with my posts. Thank you everyone who has replied, not negating that at all . I've gone back and read some of my entries and I think that I often come across as having it all together. Those who are falling apart are the ones…
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Back to the waiting game
Hello all! Back in early 2018 I went through a fun-filled MRI, followed by an MRI-guided biopsy which found atypical ductal hyperplasia. I had an excisional biopsy a couple of weeks after that, and luckily nothing else was found. Since then I've been seen at our high-risk breast clinic regularly, and have been on the…
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Tiny lump and red spot
Hi all, I had my 1st cancer in 2007 (lumpectomy, chemo and radiation). January 2021 diagnosed with cancer again exact same type, breast and almost the same place (Oncologist called it a new cancer, she said after so many years they dontcall it a reoccurence). I decided on a bmx (my breast surgeon and I had a big…
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Breast Dimple but negative mammo and US
I (34F) recently had a breast dimple investigated with a diagnostic 3D mammogram and limited ultrasound. Both reported no imaging abnormalities. However, I did receive notice that I have extremely dense breasts and am at high risk for breast cancer due to family history (27% on Tyrer-Cuzick). My concern is that the breast…
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PLEASE Help - Core Biopsy Results
Can anyone help me to understand the following Core Biopsy Results please…freaking out just a little There is atypical ducal hyperplasia with apocrine features, focally bordering on ductal carcinoma in situ arising in a background of papilloma. Appropriately controlled immunostains for CK5/6, p63, smooth muscle myosin are…
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Nipple piercing reaction or breast cancer concern?
I have had quite the scare the past few months. In early august I got nipple piercings in both breasts. After around 3 months I noticed a strange lump under my areola on the left breast. It was round, movable, and sort of squishy. The skin around my breast appeared normal at this time. The lump seemed to grow and shrink…
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Worried for My Sister
My sister received following mammo report: Right Breast- group calcifications central superior breast. Assymetry in medial breast Left Beast - grouped calcifications upper outer quadrant Birads-0 She is scheduled for diagnostic mammo and US next week I am so worried for her . Family history is I had DCIS 20 years ago. No…
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33 Years Old and Concerned
Hi everyone! Yesterday, I had a diagnostic mammogram and follow-up ultrasound as I was having some odd pain in my left breast. This was my first ever mammogram. No family history of breast cancer that I’m aware of. My breast also feels dense compared to my right. The pain started about two weeks ago and subsided within a…
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Anxious hubby looking for some advice/reassurance
hello all, hope you are doing well. so about 2 weeks back, my wife who is 28 and has no family history of cancer began to show changes in her right breast only. Her breast were tender and a long dent started to form. From the top of the breast towards her nipple. We immediately made an appt for her GP, and after visiting,…
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Pain on right side of boob - very worried, please help!
Hi, back in 2019 I had breast pain and a lump and after an ultrasound was diagnosed with fibroadenoma. This gave me peace of mind. In the last 4 month, I started getting pain again but the lump seemed to have disappeared after self examination but I called for an appointment just in case. I had a breast examination and the…
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Pain on left side of boob - very worried, please help!
Hi, back in 2019 I had breast pain and a lump and after an ultrasound was diagnosed with fibroadenoma. This gave me peace of mind. In the last 4 month, I started getting pain again but the lump seemed to have disappeared after self examination but I called for an appointment just in case. I had a breast examination and the…
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Waiting time for Ultrasound
Hi! I'm 33 and discovered a lump in my upper right breast last week. I immediately went to my GP who referred me to a breast clinic for an ultrasound. They said it was moveable but needed to be checked.The breast clinic scheduled me out to mid-February - though I asked to be on the call list for cancellations. My anxiety…
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Please Help Me Understand Biopsy Report
Hello, I am a 59 year old with a family history of BC (Mom diagnosed at 58 with first BC and had unilateral mastectomy and she just passed away at 89 with Metastatic BC in the remaining breast)). I've had 18 past surgical biopsies (all left breast), with many coming back as papillomas and 2 also having ADH so I'm hoping…
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Weird symptoms, please tell me what you think
Hi all, I would like peace of mind or your personal stories or advice, to help me with my mom’s situation. She is 61. Now I must say she will be getting a mix of a mammography, CT Scan, and biopsy. I know you could easily say “just wait for the results”, but I still would like to hear you in the meantime. her symptoms: red…
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Scared Anxious feel like I am losing it!
Anyone who has not gone through any cancer or maybe cancer situation does not get it. I have been going crazy. I have a 3dmammogram and sonogram on Thursday for my abnormal mammogram. I dr Google everything and have made myself crazy. I already was but this is the worst. My I am in tears and afraid of the worst. I see my…
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Diagnostic Mammogram
I am having a diagnostic mammogram on Tuesday as my skin on my left breast was inflamed , I saw the dr for this last week and she requested one and we go from there.The redness has now gone but I can feel a lump around where it was, the thing is I am not sure if just normal tissue as I do have lumpy breasts. I cannot…
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IBC?
I noticed a raised red spot on my left breast, which prompted me to take a photo. I feel though that it was a pimple of some sort because it is now dried up and healing...gotten smaller and fading away. (Was there for only a week.) However, in my photos, I noticed little orange skin looking things on part of both of my…