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FirstLight

(14,084 posts)
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 10:53 PM Jun 2013

Need you to talk me down...first mammogram came back and they need more tests

I am 43 and just had my first Mammogram... does anyone know how common it is for them to ask for more testing due to breast density? I guess my left breast is harder for them to see and they want me to come back in for another run.

What makes me nervous is that I start weighing all the health factors against me and I think I am screwn...
I also thought this one was more of a 'baseline' so it doesn't feel good that they want another looksie.

been reading articles all over the internet, but I don't think it is making me feel better :/

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Need you to talk me down...first mammogram came back and they need more tests (Original Post) FirstLight Jun 2013 OP
Every baseline mamm I've ever had required an additional ultrasound. lamp_shade Jun 2013 #1
Rule #1 Tab Jun 2013 #2
That is a good thing not bad. If they say your breast density is too much, which a lot of women are still_one Jun 2013 #3
Just wondering KC Jun 2013 #4

lamp_shade

(15,092 posts)
1. Every baseline mamm I've ever had required an additional ultrasound.
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 05:01 AM
Jun 2013

and every time, results turn out to be normal with perhaps a tiny calcium deposit visible. I also have dense breasts.
Try not to worry.

Tab

(11,093 posts)
2. Rule #1
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 12:19 PM
Jun 2013

If you're looking for the warm and fuzzies, don't go poking around the Internet.

Rule #2 (in Cancer): Don't project too much from what you know. It'll drive you nuts. Source: I have advanced stage cancer and even now when I project or speculate, I'm almost always wrong (and I diagnose things for a living!). I know it's not easy, but try not to read too much into it. If they actually found something they'd want to biopsy, they would have told you.

still_one

(96,523 posts)
3. That is a good thing not bad. If they say your breast density is too much, which a lot of women are
Mon Jun 10, 2013, 01:41 PM
Jun 2013

they can use alternate technologies, ultra sound or MRI

The fact that a breast is too dense only means one may not be able to get a good protocol read

What I mean by good thing is they recognize it is dense and need to use additional technologies

The problem would be if they did not order those other technologies

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