Sign the Petition Against the new Mammography Guidelines
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Diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Stage II at 46yo.
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Tracy Kudrna
Diagnosed at age 43, 4 months after a routine mammogram. Found the lump via self exam. Zero family history.
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I cannot fathom how these measures will save money. If I had been forced to wait til age 50 for a mammogram, I would have had invasive stage III comedo carcinoma with necrosis. It would have cost two or three times what my original treatment did.
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Doreen - diagnosed with Stage 1 IDC at age 44 - suspicious mammogram (first mammogram I ever had)
edited to add - no known family history of breast cancer
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Shirley Larson, diagnosed at 42
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Sherrie - diagnosed at age 44.
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Kim Saunders - Dx age 43; NO lump and NO family history; ILC found by annual mammogram
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Patty Bible (age 59 at DX; diagnosed because of changes from my last ANNUAL mammogram)
~~What's the new mantra with these recommendations? It shouldn't involve anything like "early detection saves lives"!
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Joann Long - Dx age 48, Stage 2, NO family history.
Routine Mammogram detected IDC deep against the wall - - right after I had visited OB/GYN and was told all clear. My tumor could not be found on physcial examination.
note: I know of 3 women locally who were diagnosed under age 50 and died.
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Not sure if I'm entitled cuz I am not a U.S. citizen. I really can't believe this. Our government has been encouraging younger women to get checked. Looks to me like the U.S. government is trying to go backwards.
Fumi diagnosed with stage IIb IDC at the age 39.
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Linda McMichael - diagnosed 2/23/09 with triple negative NON-PALPABLE IDC 1.2 nodule found only by Mammogram
Without that routine mammogram and US, this would not have been found in just my breast (no nodes) and at the size it was found. There was nothing in my breast on the prior year mammo.
This mammogram, if it didn't in fact, save my life, then surely extended it.
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Age 54 @ dx; changes noted from prior year's annual exam.
I have received mammos since age 40. Approx 10 yrs ago there was a suspicion of cancer (discovered again only by mammo, not palpable), but biopsy was negative.
Why "fix" something that's not broken?
Joni
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Cathy - diagnosed with Pleomorphic Lobular Carcinoma In Situ at age 46.
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Faith -- Dx with IDC at age 45. Recurred as IBC 14 months later.
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Kathy Q diagnosed age 44, 1.8 cm IDC, zero family history of breast (or any other type) of cancer.
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Stephanie - diagnosed age 35
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Sue Hanna Diagnosed at age 48 through BSE. Please speak up on behalf of BSE.
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Nico Soprano - dx age 41 as result of BSE followed by mammogram. 5 of 15 nodes pos. No famly history.
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Colette Manker - Diagnosed with Invasive Ductile Carcinoma/Ductile Carcinoma In Situ 10 cm tumor at age 37. Would have been caught at a much earlier stage had the Dr. ordered a mammogram when I asked at age 35 since the Ductile Carcinoma In Situ will take between 4 to 6 years at a minimum to get to the size of 10 cm. I was denied this until I found a lump on my own. Even with a family history of breast cancer and other risk factors present. It would have saved my life.
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Karen-diagnosed at age 47. Had 3 non-palpable cancerous tumors removed from my very dense right breast. 3 affected nodes. No family history. Thank God I had a mammogram.
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Patti Tyson dx age 43 in yearly routine mammogram, was not there the year before.
BRCA1 positive, paternal grandmother and my mother both lost to breast cancer.
I cannot believe they are actually recommending this, guess this is part of our great new government health plan, Merry Christmas from Pelosi and friends...
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Marin Shanley, dx'd at age 52 on annual mammogram. No family history. Clinical exam the previous month was unremarkable.
These new guidelines are nothing short of barbaric and downright cruel!
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Debbie DX DCIS, grade 2.
Age 50 and 3 months.
Via digital mamo.
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Valerie K - was dx after turning 51, with no history, low risk. Thank God a mammography caught it early.
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Cam Sasser
Diagnosis: DCIS multifocal
Treatment: mastectomy
age at diagnosis: 28
no family history at all. Found a lump through self-examination.
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Beth. Diagnosed age 51. At 4 mm the spot would not have been investigated/biopsied except for prior mammograms. Already had micromets in sentinel node.0
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This is exactly what I've been trying to get women on this site to realize. Once we give up our freedom of choice on our healthcare and let the government be in charge, we'll be going backwards. The new guidelines for mammography are a good example. Women, stand up for yours and your children/grandchildren rights!!! Don't accept second best!
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Mary Jackson- diagnosed with IDC Stage IIa at age 47.
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Peggy--multifocal IDC at 37. I found the two lumps, a mammogram didn't show them, but a sonogram and biopsy confirmed cancer. An MRI showed two more areas of suspicion. Young women with dense breasts need a mammogram and an MRI. If you take away BSE's and mammos, what tools do young women have for catching breast cancer? Young women more often get aggressive disease that grows and spreads quickly. I'm also pretty sure I read that young women (under 40) are the fastest growing segment of people getting bc. This whole debate is missing the important points--we need better screening tools for young women starting even earlier than 40, who more often have dense breasts (where mammos aren't as effective) and who get the most aggressive disease. Let's talk about getting more effective surveillance out there for women who are very busy with careers and families and kids and who too often put themselves last on the health watch list. These "new" recommendations will only reinforce the very wrong idea that young women don't get breast cancer. We do, and it can happen out of the blue. I had no family history and was always the healthiest person I know.
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Caroline Cebula - Age 33 @ diagnosis, IDC 2.5cm, found lump myself. Would definately be dead by age 50! No history.
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