Not Again....

It's all been said. Just shitty and we all feel your fear. Toes and fingers crossed. 

HI - things just dont seem fair sometimes ...waiting is the worst i agree - i know that MRI are not used as standard as they can often pick up lots of non cancerous lesions ie fibroadenoma but of course it means lots of biopsies and the waiting - 
guess we have to way up the MRI which may mean more biopsy etc which  may be for benign lesions ...
I had a 2nd breast ca dx at my 5yr scan picked up uss ,mammo had radio/lumpectomy on 1st one and decided just to have mastectomy reconstruction on 2nd -def happy that decided on that..  Had an MRI of breast before surgery just to check nothing hidign in 1st breast..
Good luck for Friday xx

All the best for your results on Friday @rene2476 xx

My 'stand in' Onc (mine is on maternity leave) arranged an MRI for me - but of the hip area, not the boobs, as I was having unusual prolonged pain there & I wanted to make sure it wasn't something nasty.  I didn't have to pay for it. 

I personally reckon everyone should have an MRI of their boobs 12 months after surgery - it should be standard procedure - then they have something to compare with should there be a next time - otherwise they are only guessing 'how long' something has been there!  

If you have any unexplained aches & pains that just won't go away - demand an MRI!

If you are a public patient and referred through surgical outpatients clinic the hospital should be paying.  You may have to jump up and down a bit but at $600 a hit it's worth the jumping.

I should have insisted on an MRI when I was diagnosed but my BS advised against it. If I had it would have saved one operation and five months of agonised decision making, and endless tears, about the BMX. My advice to everyone now is inisist upon it if you can at all possibly afford it.

Hi @rene2476,

This just truly sux. I'm kind of in the same boat at the moment.  They've been tracking a lesion (3 yrs since the original one) that has been showing on my MRI, not visible on mammo or u/s.  I finally bit the bullet and had it removed last Wednesday. I'm still waiting on the results.  It's been a long drawn out saga.  My post Scan day freaking sux has the details of how it kept getting missed and was incredibly difficult to biopsy as it couldn't be done in the MRI. Read that as six core biopsies couldn't hit it. Grrr
For the life of me I cannot understand why MRI is not standard procedure for B/C follow up.  
Quite honestly I think the second time around the waiting is worse....we know too much now.
I have all my fingers, toes and legs crossed for you lovely.  Lets hope we both get the results we want.
xoxoxox

I was told for years that the slowly growing lump in my axilla was a cyst. Looked like a cyst on mammogram and ultrasound. Nothing to worry about. I eventually insisted on getting it removed and went on the public waiting list for nearly a year. Turned out to be Grade 2A invasive mucinous carcinoma and here I am. I'm getting everything biopsied from now on.

Mine is a cyst so they say. They measure it every year. Never had an Mri or a biopsy on it though.

I had a right side mastectomy and axillary clearance, then chemo and radio. I have a fibroadenoma on the left side behind the nipple. Each year at my mammogram/ultrasound they hunt around for it, eventually find it, and measure it. Each year it is approx the same size. Nevertheless, each year I panic, because I also originally had a fibroadenoma on my right side too. However, apparently there is no proven link between fibroadenoma and cancer.
We all worry. 😔

Hi Rene, it’s a bugger and totally unfair to have to worry again. I got a recurrence in the same breast 7yrs after my first bc.I had to have a mastectomy and chemo.That was almost 10yrs ago and I’m fine now.
I always hope for the best but prepare for the worst.You can’t turn off the worry so just keep busy.Big hug.xx