Jun 2, 2011 11:46AM barb3246 wrote:
Unfortunately I have also been a member of the 6 month club for the past 3 years. I am 46, have a strong family history (maternal grandmother, Mother died of BC at 57), as well as a personal history of 6 benign biopsies so far. I go for clinical breast exams every 6 months or so, along with a yearly mammo and MRIs. My biopsies have shown florid hyperplasia, columnar cell changes, papillomas, fibroadenomas, calcifications and other funky stuff. They always mention multiple bilateral enhancements on all of my MRIs. I feel like I am a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. All the stress of these repeated tests and biopsies has definitely taken its toll. Sometimes I wonder if I should just get prophylactic mastectomies and get off this rollercoaster, but I'm not convinced that doing so would really be the end of all of this anyways. I have my next MRI scheduled for this Sunday, and I am really hoping that I don't need another biopsy...... :-(