It just dawned on me today my biopsy is tomorrow so I do not have an official diagnosis until a week or more from tomorrow. I just purchased life insurance today. Has anyone else done this and/or had any problems with it? My thoughts are after the official diagnosis it will be impossible to purchase more and/or be totally…
Hello! First mammogram/sonogram last week.Had a very LARGE 9cm lump that needed looked at- Radiologist on staff reviewed images same day. I was told abnormal. Yep thats it! Abnormal. My PCP got the report couple days later and said ABNORMAL! I said thats it?? Thats all anyone can tell me? And I need biopsy. Made 3rd…
I am 29. No BRCA genes, but a chek2 mutation. It is considered "pathogenic" but it is the one of least concern. My mother had breast cancer, and her mother did as well. I was part of Fox Chase Cancer center and my geneticists there recommended to start screening at age 31, 10 years before my moms diagnosis. I joined City…
My breast journey started in February. I am only 21, and I do not do regular breast exams. In late February, I found a big lump in my breast. I freaked out and got a doctor's appointment for the next day. She said she believed it was a fibroadenoma but ordered an ultrasound to be sure. After this, I started checking my…
Hello, i am a 40 yo mom of 2 girls. Had my 1st mammo on 6/3/22. What a ride its been since. Got a call back for more imaging. Found a 7 mm mass near L nipple. It has a blood supply, echogenic, and unable to aspirate. Had biopsy today. Now waiting 3 to 5 days for results. Im a nurse. And very worried. Birads 4. Hoping for…
Hello. I am really worried. I have had normal mammograms. I am 51, and have had breast implants and a lift, implants were replaced when I had lift. No lumps or masses, BUT I had the mammogram and they wanted a diagnostic mammogram. I got that done. So that day I was told I have calcifications in one breast and there is a…
So, in early March I had my annual mammogram, at that time they saw microcalcifications which led to my first biopsy. The biopsy showed an intraductal papilloma, and I was referred to a breast surgeon for excision. Fast forward to my appointment with the surgeon. The appointment was overwhelming. She did an exam, and found…