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I am keen to watch the ACA program as well - we are permanently tuned to the Seven network just now whilst the Games are on!!
I guess my boobs are dense - I've just always called them lumpy! I had my first 'cyst' scare in my late 20s & another one during menopause when I was on HRT cream & it was assumed the testosterone component had caused the tissue change back then.
I am more than happy to be a part of the discussion - anything that will identify 'earlier risk factors' that will hopefully help other women being diagnosed earlier = more minimal surgery/followup required.
My 'regular' mammogram 6 months prior to BC detection didn't show anything. My GP 'felt something' in Nov when she did a breast check as I was in for a pap smear - and she suggested I have another mammogram & ultrasound - to be sure, to be sure. I am pretty sure she mentioned me having 'dense tissue' i.e. difficult to 'feel'.
The following Mammogram I had in Dec did the '75 slice thing' so assume it was a 3D one? Even tho the GP's referral indicated the exact position of the '? tumour' - the person/?professional reading the mammogram still did not 'see it' (tho my surgeon could!) The ultrasound came back as 'inconclusive' on the 2 suspect areas and suggested a cone biopsy on both. This proved positive in both.
So how many other's cancers have been missed in the mammogram program? I am advising all my buddies to request an ultrasound now & then as I personally now have no faith in mammograms! :( They are only as good as the person 'seeing it' and writing the report!
I guess my boobs are dense - I've just always called them lumpy! I had my first 'cyst' scare in my late 20s & another one during menopause when I was on HRT cream & it was assumed the testosterone component had caused the tissue change back then.
I am more than happy to be a part of the discussion - anything that will identify 'earlier risk factors' that will hopefully help other women being diagnosed earlier = more minimal surgery/followup required.
My 'regular' mammogram 6 months prior to BC detection didn't show anything. My GP 'felt something' in Nov when she did a breast check as I was in for a pap smear - and she suggested I have another mammogram & ultrasound - to be sure, to be sure. I am pretty sure she mentioned me having 'dense tissue' i.e. difficult to 'feel'.
The following Mammogram I had in Dec did the '75 slice thing' so assume it was a 3D one? Even tho the GP's referral indicated the exact position of the '? tumour' - the person/?professional reading the mammogram still did not 'see it' (tho my surgeon could!) The ultrasound came back as 'inconclusive' on the 2 suspect areas and suggested a cone biopsy on both. This proved positive in both.
So how many other's cancers have been missed in the mammogram program? I am advising all my buddies to request an ultrasound now & then as I personally now have no faith in mammograms! :( They are only as good as the person 'seeing it' and writing the report!
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