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kimmy43
kimmy43 Member Posts: 56
edited June 2014 in High Risk for Breast Cancer

I  am so scared.I go for my six month followup for my breast calcs tom.i hve been for one year know and they havnt put me back on yearly like they usually do>the radiologist told the tech because of my age.do u think thhey seen something wrong thats why they want me to come back.have anyoune ever had a birads 3 and it changed to a birads four.i go thru tis anxiety and fear every six months.please pray for me.my b-day is wed i will be 44.

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  • Mallory107
    Mallory107 Member Posts: 223
    edited February 2012

    Kimmy-you are going to be fine.  Even though it is a huge pain and totally stressful and scary its good to go every 6 months because if there IS something they will catch it early.  THis happened to me around 40-they found calcs so I had to go every six months.  For 2 years there were no changes so back to yearly.  Stupid me skipped the first yearly and so within 2 years cancer had develeoped on my other breast.  If I had been going 6 months they would have caught it even earlier than they actually did.   There are lots of people that have to do the 6 months diagnostic who are fine-many more than who are not. 

    Happy Birthday!

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  • kimmy43
    kimmy43 Member Posts: 56
    edited February 2012

    Thanks mallory i feel that everything is going to be ok.I still think about being that less than 2 percent.I know the odds are in my favor but i worry a lot especially when that time rolls around.I lost my husband in 2005 he was only 43 when he passed away.My youngest only has me as her remaining parent and i want to be around for her.my odest daughter father is in remission from cancer.I have been through a lot.im praying for b-9 results tom.Take care.

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  • Mallory107
    Mallory107 Member Posts: 223
    edited February 2012

    You really have been through a lot Kimmy and I think that you are much much stronger than you think you are.    I will say a prayer for you. 

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  • Sassa
    Sassa Member Posts: 1,588
    edited February 2012

    The Birads classification causes us a lot of stress.  Like you, I was labeled a Birads 3 on both my left and right breast in 2006 and told to come back in 6 months.

    Because I wanted to have breast reduction, my PCP pushed for me to have compression mammograms and ultrasound.  Those ruled out the left breast as having a benign complex cyst and was label Birads 3. The right breast was still Birads 3 with no specific findings.

    My PCP then told me to have a biopsy done as a  plastic surgeon would not touch me unless it was clear what was going on in my breast.

    I had an excisional biopsy (lumpectomy by any other name) because no specific lumps could be detected in the area in question.

    That lumpectomy found my IDC and I went on to have a mastectomy of my right breast.

    Six months after the first mammogram, I went back in for the follow up on my left breast. That mammogram came back as BIRADs 5 because of calcifications.

    I went straight to having a simple mastectomy because I wanted to be evened out.  After slicing and dicing the whole breast, nothing was found that was not typical benign changes of an aging breast.

    I guess the point of my story is BIRADS just serms to be a crap shoot based on what the radiologist thinks might or might not be there.

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  • kimmy43
    kimmy43 Member Posts: 56
    edited February 2012

    I have been goin through this calcs since 2007.I just keepetting these calcs every year and dont know the reason why.i go back to my yearly and then i get happy.As time goes by then i end up getting more and then back to very six months.I dont know when tis nightmare will ever end.i am so nervous about tomorrow.I have allways been a birads three.I have never had to get a biopsy.I supposed thats a good thing.They never let me talk to the radilogist and i dont think thats fair.

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  • SarahsMom
    SarahsMom Member Posts: 1,779
    edited February 2012

    Hi Kimmy, sending you a hug. I don't have much to add other than lots of us have that 6 month stress, with increasing problems or changes all of the time. You are doing the best you can for your kids - staying vigilant, taking care of yourself. Sometimes we have to let the universe unfold as it's going to, and "it is what it is" applies!  So take a deep breath and stay in the present, don't let your mind skip ahead to what ifs.  Your "what ifs" are significant having lost your husband, I understand! I am not trying to minimize your fears at all. Actually not being afraid and sticking your head in the sand, skipping appointments, etc would be much worse!!

    I try to look at stress as feeding the monster, if there is one - stress is not good for your blood pressure, prolonged adrenaline rushes, probably not eating, sleeping or exercising right et al.  So take back control and you'll feel better. I know this is a lot of philosophy, I had surgery in Nov 2007 and have been riding this roller coaster, as well.

    Take good care of yourself, sweetie. And demand to talk to the radiologist, that's crazy!!! 

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  • kimmy43
    kimmy43 Member Posts: 56
    edited February 2012

    I went to do my six month diagnostic for my calcs.They are benign and stable.I have to go in another six months for my annual and i should be back on yearly again.I am so happy and today is my b-day.

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  • SarahsMom
    SarahsMom Member Posts: 1,779
    edited February 2012

    YAY!! That is great news!!  Congrats!

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  • JanetM
    JanetM Member Posts: 336
    edited February 2012

    Happy Birthday and you got great news.  Enjoy!!!!!

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