Here I go again.

hi ladies-I had a radial scar diagnosis a year ago too. I had my follow up mammogram in July to get another baseline of my right breast. All was good. I am now scheduled to have my yearly mammogram on Tuesday and I am so worried something else will show up. I’m already having anxiety about my mammogram because of what happened last year. I’m trying to think positively but it is so hard

Blueberry89 I pray the mass seen on your mammogram is nothing to worry about, like scar tissue or something benign.

Shelbybelbyboo I pray your lesions are benign and/or just scar tissue from the RS.

Please keep me posted on how you both make out! Praying for you both!

I had bruising initially but nothing since the RS excision. I also had an indentation in my breast after surgery but it has remained the same. Sometimes I have some tingling in the breast around the surgery area. I am going to ask my surgeon when I see her in a March if it is “normal” or not. Have you ever experienced any tingling where your R.S. was excised? Wishing you luck at your dr appointment! Fingers crossed the new finding on your mammographyis nothing to worry about. Keep us posted.

I went to my doctor yesterday who has ordered a bilateral ultrasound and mammogram additional views. On exam he noted he felt 3 lumps on my left side and one on the right side. My left axillary area is also swollen as he noted but he could feel no definite mass.

I go this afternoon for my imaging so I probably won't hear anything back until Monday or Tuesday of next week. To be honest I'm not overly concerned because I've went through this many times already and have had quite a few biopsies as well, so theres no point of worrying until I hear otherwise

How did your mammogram go on Tuesday worried18?

I had additional imaging done yesterday and there are a "few" areas of concern (I dont have the report yet, but my dr called me an hour ago) and he wants me to go see the oncologist I saw when I had the lumpectomy. She will then determine the appropriate course of action. I see her March 13th.

I asked him what the report showed and he told me there were a few lesions on the left side and an area of architectural distortion, on the right side there is a spiculated mass with adjacent architectural distortion and an area of calcifications. He told me he spoke to the radiologist who noted it to me a BIRADS 4c.

This, although more so this time, is what happened with the RS I had excised. It had distortion, and was actually a considerable size. So I'm hoping it's just a few RS again.

Blueberry89 did the Dr recommend follow up in 6 months?

Shelbybelbyboo- I’m sorry you are going through this again! Sending positive thoughts and prayers it is just a RS again.

I had my screening mammogram on Tuesday. I have been impatiently/ nervously waiting to hear back re: my mammogram. Last year i heard back 4 days after my mammogram so Monday will be day 4 so I’m praying nothing is found.

blueberry89-hope you are feeling better after the biopsy. Good luck with your surgery- did you schedule it?

thank you shelbybelbyboo! I’m praying it does come back clean.

I see the breast surgeon on March 13th. My actual reports still have not been uploaded (it takes 15 days for them to upload reports once they are finalized) so I wont be able to get them until after my appointment next week.

I also called the high risk screening councillor who saw me at Sunnybrook (the other hospital I went to) and she wants to see me on March 21st so I should know more soon. When I spoke with her last time she said that once I turned 35 (in a year) they would think about putting me on Tamoxifen (I believe it was). I had a hysterectomy years back and my Gyn doctor wanted to put me on hormones (due to issues with my remaining ovary) but obviously that's a huge no from the high risk doctor at breast centre . I've got a ton of specialists involved in my care and one issue directly impacts the other. It's hard at times

I wont have the full imaging report until at least the 14th or 15th I believe. I wont know everything for a few weeks. It may be just me but that seems so long. Dont get me wrong the doctors and hospital are great but it really cranks up the anxiety level.

Now I know on the screen I saw what looked to me like a spider (the centre was white but it looked like it had legs protruding from it). I believe that's the spiculated mass on the right side. I may not know how to read images but I tell you that looked 100% off with the surrounding tissue

I know they do not post it for a couple weeks, but can you pick up a copy in person sooner? I always do that.