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mia4
mia4 Member Posts: 63
edited April 2015 in High Risk for Breast Cancer

Hi iam 49 4 years ago I had 4 stereotactic biopsys and a ductogram.Last year I went for my mammo and was told I had calcifications that needed to be biopsyed and a cyst drained.It showed alh after excisional.I had my 6month check up with mri it was fine.In dec went for my mammo and it showed faint clutered calcification in oppisite breast. they finally gave up after an hour to  close to chest wall to for sterotactic I need excisional.my sister was dx with bc at 48.does anyone have any input I went through menopause at 45HappyI have aa breasts and they hurt all the time for a total 6 stereotactics 1 excisional going on 2nd and lots of other needle biopsys

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  • MelissaDallas
    MelissaDallas Member Posts: 7,268
    edited January 2015

    Tamoxifen or an AI as a preventative, depending on your menopause status, is proving very effective

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  • mia4
    mia4 Member Posts: 63
    edited April 2015

    cant take tamoxifen its for premenopause I tried armidex and did not agree with me

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  • farmerlucy
    farmerlucy Member Posts: 3,985
    edited January 2015

    Here is a link to a recent article on the main pages of BCO http://www.breastcancer.org/research-news/certain-...

    Forgive me if you've already seen it. If you haven't already seen a genetic counselor I would recommend it. It helps to put a number on your risk, especially with your first degree relative and the tissues changes. Best of luck to you. Please let us know how everything goes.

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  • mia4
    mia4 Member Posts: 63
    edited April 2015

    Thank you farmerlucy I will keep you updated excisional on 1/27/2015.Just not feeling good about this one...but I will try to think postive

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2015

    Mia-- tamoxifen can be used for either pre or post menopause; you could also try evista since you are post-menopausal. I was diagnosed with LCIS ( a step further along the bc spectrum than ALH with double the risk) and I have family history as well (mom had ILC); I took tamox for the full 5 years and I have taken evista for over 5 years now. I continue with alternating mammos and MRIs every 6 months. Praying you get good results from your upcoming biopsy and nothing more serious in found.


    Anne

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  • mia4
    mia4 Member Posts: 63
    edited April 2015


    My oncologist said tomox was not good for me .I will talk to her about evista.I guess I need to see what the biopsy will tell me thank you for reaching out to meSmile.

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