Wow-my breast surgeon has BC

Ugh! I am sorry. She is also not the first breast surgeon I have come across who opted for bilateral.

Dr. Rachel Brem out of GWU found her own BC while testing new scanning techniques!  I've seen her speak several times and her story amazes me.  I only wish I had found her BEFORE my dx, as I was the classic large, dense breast patient. Multicentric disease never picked up on yearly mammos.  She is a huge advocate that if you hear the words DENSE to push for further testing such as an MRI or who knows what they have now.  She was working on breast gamma imaging???? whatever that is, but the key for people like me is that mammos are ineffective.  Now I would NEVER tell any woman not to get one done.  It's all we have for now (that insurance covers) and if it saves any lives then it's a good thing I suppose.

Take care,

Sharon

I too had dense breasts and was uneducated regarding the risk factors.  Mammograms missed my bc - I am still so angry about it.

Sugarplum - interesting about your BS.  I've been thinking about what you said regarding how she saved your life - it made me have overwhelming feelings of gratitude for my BS - I was already thankful for her but you stating that hit a deep nerve in me today. 

My radiologist had BC Lojo. In fact she spoke to our BC group last night at the Church. She is such an inspiration and a help to us. We pepper her with questions. I never knew she went to our church until recently. It helps to have someone like her who knows what we are going through up close and personal. One of the ladies in our group is dying; we are all saddened and reeling knowing one of our OWN is one of those statistics. A lot of factors contributed to her condition; her DX was for all practical purposes doomed from the onset. Still very painful. We all know none of us have any guarantees. Diane