So scared

i too was called back today for a follow up mammo. It shows a cluster of some calcification so i need to see the breast surgeon Monday and likely a biopsy Tuesday. I fear the worst too so not happy about it. They said i am a 4 and i think b. I too don't want to wait a week or more to sort this out! So i understand how you feel! I am 43

Before you get through my post, my radial scar was not why I had a mastectomy. Last July mammo clean, sono showed 2 spots. One Birads 4. Biopsied the one on my left, came back as some benign findings including radial scar. Met with the bs who said occasionally a radial scar may have cancer nearby. She said it was a small chance and if they did find something it would be tiny and I would be fine. All I could hear was maybe cancer. Fast forward I go through pre-op. My surgeons team questions a spot on my right ultrasound that my radiologist did not note in her report. They do a biopsy, cancer. I opted for a double mastectomy since I was going to have to have a chunk taken out of my left for the scar, I went all the way.

Point of the story is...when I saw my surgeon after surgery, she said there was no cancer found in my left where the radial scar was. I know its scary, but try to hold on that already two of us had a radial scar with no cancer hidden there. Hope the same is for you too. Hang in there.

Update. My biopsy showed atypical Ductal hyperplasia and flat epithelial atypia. So not cancer so far but abnormal precancer cells. So I am having surgery to remove that area too. From that they tell me if there was anything worse. So I am trying to calm down for now realizing it is atleast not cancer so far but worry it will be found when they look at the whole thing. But I guess it will just hopefully all be removed either way. But even precancer cells bother me and I wonder what I can do to never go through this again.

Worried18: I hope your results are benign and Iempathize with the torture of this process . I have almost made myself sick over this. But we have to stay positive to help our bodies and there are worse things so it’s all about perspective.

I also had calcifications, turned out to be DCIS, grade 2, which is not cancer, but precancer, possibly. Am having surgery in 2 weeks. This seems to be very common. My sister-in-law had it, said the follow-up radiation is a breeze. Fingers crossed for us all

Thats so great, Worried18! I know you must be very relieved.