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momoschki
momoschki Member Posts: 682
edited June 2014 in High Risk for Breast Cancer

I have been trying to hold it together for an MRI, scheduled for this Thursday , as part of my 6 month screening, which I have been doing for 2 years now. A dx of ADH puts me in that delightful high risk category.



When I first scheduled the MRI (6 months ago), I was told that if I had the test in the morning, results would be available that same afternoon to go over with my BS. Now, this morning, I get a call from the hospital confirming the MRI appt, but apparently I was misinformed-- MRI results take 24 hrs to come back-- thus, there is no point in meeting with BS that same afternoon to discuss results we do not have. Had to reschedule her for Monday.



This means 3 more days in the vacuum of no results and imagining the worst. It's little details like this that can send me over the edge, even when I know logically that so many women gave so much more to deal with. But honestly, sometimes the anxiety seems so overwhelming that I cannot imagine going through this every 6 months for the rest of my life. I feel like we are just waiting to find the inevitable cancer, although I rationally know the chances of this happening are between 20-25%.



I am additionally crazed since this is my first MRI since a number of surgeries: a needle biopsy, an excisional biopsy, and then a breast reduction. Worried about scar tissue and potential false positives. Worried about true positives. Just worried (you've all discerned that by now, no doubt.)



I guess there isn't much anyone can tell me-- just need to vent. I know so many of you here have experienced the same.

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  • MelissaDallas
    MelissaDallas Member Posts: 7,268
    edited April 2013

    I totally understand. I just had my second MRI for six month check & whoever wrote the report accidentally put Birads 4 on it even though there were no suspicious findings. I heard the 4 at my Gyn appt, so spent 5 days until my breast clinic appointment thinking I was going to have to have a second biopsy just one year after the last. Grrrr....



    You get your results a lot faster than I do. My Drs appt is usually ten days after the mammo or MRI.

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  • ssla01
    ssla01 Member Posts: 480
    edited April 2013

    The waiting is the worst. I'm sorry you are going hrough this. At my last MRI, I asked if the Radiologist was there. I knew he was because e was the one who checked the images to make sure they were good. He actually came and talked to me, showed me the images, and told me the results. I was floored. The BS always made me wait a few days. So...ask, it can't hurt.



    Best wishes....Sharon

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2013

    MY mri results always take at least  3 to 4 days. Think of it this way; wouldn't you rather they take their time and be thorough, than rush it and miss something?  The one time the radiologist called me in and gave me immediate results, she rushed thru it so fast, I wondered later if she really looked closely at all. I didn't feel confident about her evaluation of the MRI and wished she had spent more time and was more thorough. As far as the worry goes, it won't change anything, so try not to dwell on it.

    anne

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