I posted a while back, about finding a lump on my left breast. I went to the doctor had a mammogram scheduled along with an ultrasound. These were the results. And then I can put
so my oncologist suggested an MRI. I just completed that MRI about a week and a half ago. The office called me to set up another appointment. And then all the sudden I had another appointment a little over 2 weeks out. I’m nervous I’m scared especially after seeing that second appointment pop up not long after talking to the nurse who scheduled the first appointment. It’s kind of scary because of how the appointment is stated. Anyone know what this means?
can anyone tell me what a therapy/education appointment is? I am really nervous. Any CT’s, xrays, or MRIs are always posted for me to see. Not this time. Any feedback is appreciated.
Thanks for posting pathology reports but I think you need to be patient because they are written in such technical terms. Birads is a score they give to say whether they think it looks cancerous or not and your score is low so not indicative of cancer. But there are a few other things that seem to suggest you need to have monitoring over a longer period to see if the calcifications are due to a condition called ductal carcinoma in situ which sometimes becomes cancerous later. It is only actual cancer when it spreads out of the duct into the surrounding parts of the breast but there is a theory that it always eventually becomes cancerous.
Well that’s the best I can do as someone who has had these pathology reports and tried to read them. Breast Cancer Now has a leaflet on how to read your pathology report but it may worry you more. Are you in the UK or the Caribbean? It struck me you may be in somewhere a bit west of where I live maybe the Ascension Islands?
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The Caribbean? Oh, I wish! Nope, the US. The appointments with my oncologist is what’s got me. I got a call for the one on the 29th, about 20 minutes later, that 2nd. Appointment was posted for next month. Both for-Therapy/Education. I’m just anxious… so I’ll be finding out the MRI results this Thursday, and learn what’s going on. Thank you Seagulls!
Good luck Mellomarsh. In the UK it’s difficult to get copies of pathology reports probably because they don’t want to frighten us with the technicalities of Birads and what the tissue looks like under a microscope. They take slices of the lump and then look at how they compare with normal looking breast tissue. Some cancers are more obvious than others. They also ink the edges of lumps that are cut out and then look for cancer cells near or in the inked area. This then shows whether they are likely to have all been cut out or where they may need to take out further tissue.
Some tissue has cells which are difficult to interpret so sometimes more than one pathologist is involved in looking at the lumps, and I think they use other tests to tell if the cancer is oestrogen positive or not, and/or HER+ No wonder these doctors and pathologists need many years of training and refresher courses to keep up with all the information. Breast cancer treatments seem to have changed a lot over the past 20 years maybe due to advances in genetics by leaps and bounds.
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By the way my reading of your pathology is that they didn’t find anything cancerous but they would probably monitor you in case further down the line there are cancerous changes. But best ask the medics as I am as likely to misunderstand the lingo as everyone else who hasn’t trained as a medic for years and years.
Good luck
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My doctor just called with biopsy results. I have breast cancer. She said it would be in about an hour long conversation and couldn’t give me a lot of details but I will keep everyone posted.
I am so sorry, Mellomarsh. Know we’ve got your back. If you have any questions or just need to vent let us know.
I am very sorry to hear your news Mellomarsh, and just shows I know nothing. Without looking at the cells under an electron microscope and doing chemical tests nobody can know.
I believe it’s better to know though.
Good luck.
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