Routine mammogram. Never felt a thing. Was having yearly mammograms due to a previous lump found 10 years ago and a terrible family history. This was due to be my last yearly mammogram and until half way Certainly know there is now!
Reeb
First ever routine mammogram a year ago to the day at age 50. Does make me wonder how long it had been there. One year on - well, happy-ish, no breasts, very grateful to NHS breast screening service.
I found i was itching my bust alot never realised at the time
Sorry pressed wrong button found my lump myself although very hard to miss was like an egg sticking out at the side was 90mm
I posted a further comment on this site yesterday about MY experience but it has been taken out. I don’t know what I said to upset the powers-that-be… I only told the truth.
AlexG
Hi alex wudnt loose any sleep over it we dont get enough as it is
Noticed a slight change in shape just above the nipple a bit like an indentation. Couldn’t feel a lump, ultrasound picked it up, all medical staff were confident it was benign - it wasn’t!!
MX in January, followed by 4 AC chemo, now tamoxifen - no rads.
Lynn
had reduction surgery. after reduction experienced thickening in right breast. It gradually got worse but was convinced it was due to the surgery.
After 2 years it was quite lumpy where bra seam pressing down. Went to gp who referred me to clinic. Got mammo and consultant said it was fine, due to poor drainage following the surgery. He was confident all was fine. So off I went thanking my lucky stars and about 2 months later I got a letter inviting me for a scan.
Thought the wires were crossed as I’d been told I was fine, and wasn’t going to go, but thought ‘what the hell’. Got scan and was told a lump was there, along with some other ‘satellite’ structures. Same day had very painful core biopsy and one week later it was confirmed as cancer.
alex
xx
My second routine mammogram - caught early DCIS/invasive cancer - lumpectomy, mastectomy/snb (nuclear) + tamoxifen.
I laughed about the lack of space in the portable screening cabin sitting in the hospital grounds but I sure got to try out the rooms in the hospital.
i had had my first routine mammagram at 52, i hadn’t had any visual changes in my breasts and could not feel anything. I was told it was an area of “dots” of calcification and they wanted to take a core biopsy as a matter of course. the core biopsy came back as invasive hormone positive cancer, although i was informed that it was small operable and not life threatening, i have had two wire guided WLE and now am awaiting results and further treatment plan.
On reflection I had had in the same breast a heavy feeling for a few months, although it was not in the area they have biopsied. I agree that all changes should be taken into consideration not just lumps. I had tried to go to my GP with the heavy feeling in my breast, but was seen by the practice nurse who put it down to early symptoms of menopause.
hi mine was found on routine mammogram i had 2 tumors had mx i had no symptons plus no family history missmessyx
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Mine was discovered on first routine mammogram Sept 2009 aged 50. DCIS with no discernable lump and, thank god, no node involvement. Mx and reconstruction in February and now on Tamoxifen. I think the day before that mammogram was also the last time I ever had a decent night’s sleep.
Val x
Hello everyone, I had what was like a “thickening” just under my left boob and was there for about 10months. I had lost a bit of weight (through choice) and had put it down to that. The only reason I went to get it check was the previous few months to diagnosis I was having pain in my left boob (sharp pain) every so often. Mamogram showed spottings of calcification and that followed an ultrasound and biopsy! Gobsmacked, 2days before my 38th birthday, bombshell dropped! I had IDC, had lumpectomy 30th sept and now just waiting to have radiotherapy! Just really goes to show, get anything at all checked out! Hope everyone doing okay 
A xx
I know this wasn’t a scientific survey but I have just done a quick count up and it seems about 50/50, but it has been interesting to see how many diagnoses were found by mammograms.
Good wishes to all,
AlexG
Hi all,
36 yrs old too young for screening, no family history, found a largish lump after my boob felt sore, did nothing for a month thinking it would disperse or something, anyway got a referral to breast clinic, had every test going, the lump I had found was ‘normal’, but during the US they found a small (12mm) BC - mammogram didn’t pick this out. Had WLE, margins were clear and no nodes affected, still waiting to hear about the hormone receptors, but it seems it was caught early.
I am not usually one to go to docs, not sure even now what made me go!
but ALL changes need to be thoroughly checked, everyone’s ‘story’ is different, I tell all my friends now to check themselves, don’t be complacent and think you are too young - BC doesn’t discriminate
Take care x
Because my sister first had BC when she was 42 (and survived for a further eleven years) and I then developed it at age 59, I was concerned for both my daughters and my niece (her daughter). I had genetic counselling but because of my age when I developed cancer, genetic BC was discounted. My daughters and my niece can have mammograms from the age of 40 (if they so wish).
My diagnosis was a bit of a ‘DOG’S BREAKFAST’; at age 58, I had a distorted nipple which I reported to my GP. She poked and prodded and then referred me to a specialist cancer hospital.(Not allowed to mention the name!) Again, I was prodded and poked but sent home. NO MAMMOGRAM!
A year later (still with a bendy nipple) I went for a routine mammogram. Alarm bells ringing all around. I went through the whole gamut of ‘super-mammograms’ fine needle aspiration, core biopsy, … de da de da…you mention it - I had it done… and then it was, “Afraid it is breast cancer.”
That, that ‘heart-stopping’, moment those who have experienced it will KNOW!
So now: final diagnosis in October 2007… surgery( WLE and axillary clearance, followed by revisionary surgery to find clear margins) Jan and Feb 2008… Rads (25) early 2008. Now
(enjoying… ha, ha!) the joys of Tamoxifen for, at least, another two or three years!
Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread.
AlexG
I kind of woke up and saw the lump, literally! I never sleep on my back - but this time I did, and the lump was obvious - someone else described theirs as an egg sticking out - and this was similar (but not very big at all - since mammo been told it’s 3cm, so big enough!. Stood up, couldn’t see it, but could then feel it - four weeks later, I can see it when standing up now, so sooner the b*gger comes out the better - roll on the 12th Nov.
Saw my gp same day, emergency appt, rapid referral, 10 days later had mammo/u.s and biopsies and told same day it was bc.
I am 41, adopted, so no family history whatsoever… but I have 3 beautiful daughters and I WILL be gene tested - though I’m hoping the only thing they inherit from me is the house
Sophie x
Have been having mammograms for 6 years due to follow up of all ladies who had been treated at a young age for Hodkins disease and recieved mantle radiothreapy to chest area so was high risk for BC. Dx age almost 43 with stage 3 triple neg bc no nodes involved as caught very early (thank god) due to mammo. On chemo at mo then risk reducing double mastectomy with recon to follow…
Claire x
First routine mammogram. First told cancer in both breasts now been told I will have a mastectomy on 24th on right and breast tissue biopsy on left as 26 biopsies ‘have not found the cancer’ - this leaves me worried sick - what do I do - opt for reconstruction on 24th and then find that I am having a second mastectomy. I would rather be flat chested than go through two reconstructions. And if small and slow growing two tumours in right why not lumpectomy??? Too little information - too little time - I feel pressured and worried sick that I am taking the wrong course of treatment for me. I thought lumpectomy and radiotherapy were as effective as mastectomy so why can’t I have the treatment I can cope with bearing in mind that I may be going through this all over again two weeks later? Cry - I don’t stop - so much for the positive attitude - just grateful that I have two lovely teenagers to live for.