Breast screens are so important
Hi
It was time for my 2 yearly mammogram, my GP and I had been using a combination of mammogram and ultrasound for screening.
The mammogram was all clear but the ultrasound found a small change i...
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I found a lump in my left breast in mid Feb 2015, ( this was three weeks after my sister had a double mastectomy) booked in for a mammogram and had that on March 11... results came in around the 22 that said in bold type... no evidence of breast cancer... I remember the relief I felt 'cos I was a little concerned and thought just a cyst, I'll get it checked next time I go to the doctor ... three weeks later (by accident) I felt a change in the lump and booked in to see my GP, she sent me first for an ultrasound, then a fine needle biopsy ... results were a non-invasive breast cancer... next to the surgeon and the many tests and an operation later the results came back an invasive, aggressive breast cancer, triple negative. It was then six months of chemo and a double mastectomy that I will be having next month.
Believe me, I was having meltdown after meltdown...how could I go from no evidence of breast cancer to a non-invasive breast cancer to an invasive, aggressive breast cancer all within eight weeks!!
Think I will ever encourage any woman to have a mammogram, not likely, I will be telling her to get the ultrasound.
How many woman are not breast cancer awareness savvy and believe the results of her mammogram???
How many times do we have to hear of the mammogram not picking up the cancer and the ultrasound does.
Do I sound peed off... damn right.
Ronnie.