Hi,
I had treatment for IDC last year, grade 2, er 8/8 pr4/8 her2 negative. Stage 3a. Tumour was 1.7cm.
I had lumpectomy with full axillary clearance, 8 rounds of chemotherapy, proton beam radiotherapy (15 sessions) which finished at the end of February 2025. I’m now on zoladex, exemestene and abemaciclib.
I had my first annual screening mammogram recently and got recalled (queue full spiral). They’ve seen an area of Microcalcifications on the mammogram which looks like it could be branching (2cm total). I’ve had 2 ultrasounds done and neither have found any suspicious masses, just post treatment changes including fat necrosis and simple cysts, I also have dense breasts. I then had further mammograms and biopsies taken (8 in total). They told me they’ve graded their suspicion as grade 3 (M3) (basically unsure from what I’m told).
I’m panicking so much that this is a local recurrence so soon after finishing treatment 6 months ago. I’ve had such extensive treatment and am diligent with the tablets never missing a dose.
How could this be happening so soon? Surely if this is DCIS recurrence this means that all the treatments I’ve done have failed?! And how is that possible for a grade 2 hormone receptor positive cancer 6 months after active treatment?
How often do these things turn out to be benign? I was so hoping they would tell me it’s just fat necrosis or scarring but the branching has terrified me.