One year mammogram--all clear!

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peggy_j
peggy_j Member Posts: 1,700
edited June 2014 in IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)

I want to share my good news. I had my first official mammogram after BC Tx and it was all clear!  Hurrah!  I asked if it could be read while I waited. The diagnosing radiologist read them first, and then called me back and showed me films--all good. He had the ones from last year and so we compared. (Before--white spot. After--no white spot but three pins left by the BS). I asked if the scar tissue obscured the view and he said there was very little scar tissue. (I finished rads in May, so I think it would have shown by now, right?). Anyway, I'm thrilled. My Dx was 2/11/2011 so it's my Dx cancerversary week  Weird anniversary, to say the least.

As an FYI, someone warned me that I might be grumpy/edgy in the couple weeks leading up to the appt. Last week I felt great but this weekend I was really crabby, ready to complain about anything, and this morning when I walked in the building I almost started to cry. Crazy. Last week I remember thinking how well I was handling everything. Well, guess again. Just an FYI in case anyone will be going through this soon. Be kind to yourself leading up to your appt. ;)

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  • janey47
    janey47 Member Posts: 72
    edited February 2012

    Congratulations!  I'm glad they read them while you waited -- that's SOP for women with a prior history of bc at the mammography site I go to, and I absolutely understand why.  We already went through the waiting game.

    Yay YAY for a clear mammogram!

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  • madpeacock
    madpeacock Member Posts: 369
    edited February 2012

    I have my first six month mammo post diagnosis this Wednesday! I'm going to a new, small facility affiliated with my BS rather than the huge hospital Women's Center, so I'm hoping for some info right then and there! 

    Grumpy? Moody? Edgy? Who, me?  Undecided

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  • peggy_j
    peggy_j Member Posts: 1,700
    edited February 2012

    Thanks janey!  When I made the appt the place said they would give me results that day but couldn't say for sure if it would be as I waited (I asked it to be read by my same diagnosing radiologist, and he also does biopsies etc etc). Anyway, yes, YAY! Thanks!

    madpeacock, good luck with your mammo tomorrow. I was really grumpy the day before, so maybe you can schedule distraction therapy today.  ;)

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  • susan1964
    susan1964 Member Posts: 23
    edited June 2012

    Tomorrow, I go for my first mammogram since my dx 6 months ago, and I am very apprehensive about it....I've always dreaded them, but it was a mammogram ( not found or felt by me ) that found mine early...

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  • FilterLady
    FilterLady Member Posts: 407
    edited June 2012

    Susan, I'm hoping your mammo goes well and you get an all clear.

    My first post diagnosis is on September 12th and when I think about it, I get edgy.  I could cry sometimes when I think about it...I'm both looking forward to and dreading it at the same time.

    My bc was also caught on a routine mammo as well.  I couldn't feel the lump neither could any of the doctors.

    Sending good thoughts your way for tomorrow!

    LaDonna

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  • dogsandjogs
    dogsandjogs Member Posts: 1,907
    edited June 2012

    I had my first one since the lumpectomy in February (one year after the surgery) they mailed me the result which said everything was fine.

    In my case though, I don't really trust mammograms since they missed both my cancers so I'm very vigilant about doing breast exams monthly.

    Hope you guys are too --just doing mammograms without self-exams is not enough.

    The Breast Cancer Director agreed with me. She says mammograms are not 100 percent accurate (unfortunately)

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