Do you get yearly MRI?

I agree that we need MRI's.  I was sent for my first mammogram since the end of chemo....and the doctor said and I quote..."I don't know what good this is going to do,  we never saw it on the mammogram.  I can look at the shadows and compare the old one to the new one I guess, and see if I see anything."  Very comforting right?   I did ask my oncologist about it and didn't get a response.

I was just dx  with ILC.I go every year for mammo,the only reason I went for further testing was because my lymph nodes were enlargedMRI showed that there was some abnormalty in my breast.MRI biopsy came back ILC.Getting nodes out and lupectomy May 21.hoping I made the right decission.I would think every year I would get MRI.So this must have been growing for awhile,before it metast in my nodes and was never picked up,no lump nothing.Scary !!!!!!

I have an annual MRI and an annual mammo, and space them six months apart, so I'm having some sort of imaging twice a year. Haven't had any trouble with the insurance yet.

Hi Good People,

I get an MRI once a year, six months after the mammomgram/sonongram. Unfortunately, breast imaging doesn't image the ovaries simultaneously. Recently we found that both of my ovaries were covered with primary ILC, my original breast cancer. I've had the ovaries removed now, but have to face more treatment. I'm really sick of this....

Cathleen

At my first mammogram and ultrasound after lumpectomy, chemo and radiation, the radiologist suggested alternating mammo/mri every 6 months because ILC is so hard to image.  They did see a 5 mm density on mammogram that they thought looked like a cyst on ultrasound in my radiated breast.  They barely looked at my "good breast" this year even though last year they did 3 ultrasounds on both breasts. At the time, I agreed because I was so anxious to get out of there without another biopsy.  When I got home I reviewed my reports from my mammo, ultrasounds, and mri when I was first diagnosed.  The Mri did not even show my tumor!  Has anyone ever had a false negative MRI? I'm not sure what to do now. I discussed it with my oncologist - she said it's my decision.  She was simply going by radiologists recommendations.  My mri last year was $2800 - it would probably be covered this year because I met my maximum out of pocket for this year. Next year, however, I would end up paying for most of it. I'm not sure it's even worth the time, anxiety and expense if it won't pick up anything anyway.

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Dx 7/2009 ILC 1.5 cm grade 2/3, 0/10 nodes-lumpectomy,TC x 4, 35 Rads, Tamoxifen

Just had my yearly mamo and MRI (alternate 6 month).  I was going to refuse the 6 month MRI, due to the stress it causes, but chickened out and agreed to continue.  Surgeon used to write 'dense breast" on the script, now it reads 'high risk". 

She had my  digital mammo up on the computer screen and I was amazed how much detail is visible when she zoomed in on spots.  I swear you could see a speck of sand.  The scattered calc I had in that breast were exactly the same as the last mammo.  Also amazing that you can see the split screen in the same magnification.