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calcifications is the body's way to 'wall off' a potential problem. not something to get terribly excited about but absolutely get a second opinion from a separate practice that uses a different radiographic imaging system. in other words, new practice and better - if possible - mammogram, 3 months from today. in the meanwhile, educate yourself and network - communicate your concerns among trusted friends and associates.
Nursingangel
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I am a 33 year old LPN, with a family history of a maternal aunt with breast cancer, a paternal aunt with breast cancer and my Paternal grandmother died of uterain and ovarin cancer. In 2000, I found a lump in my left breast and had a ultrasound. the Dx was fibrocystic disease. Last week after speaking with my GYN we decied that since I would be 34 this year and with my family history we would start doing mammo's. Well guess what it came back abnormal. calcifcations in my L breast that they wanted mag views.
:uhoh21: So this morning I went back and had new veiws. The report came back that I have some lose "clusters" of about 3-4 calcifcations close to the medial chest wall but that they are all losely clousterd, what ever that meens,. They recoumend that I wait 6 months and redo the mammo.
The only thing is that I am just not sure that I am comfortable doing that. I know that Calcifications are extremly comain and that most of the time they are compleatly benign. But I am a single mom and WHAT if I am that young woman that it is malignate.
I just don't know that I could live for the next six months with over my head. Please tell me your experances. I know that you can't give me "medical advise" or make this discion for me I just need to talk with some nurses that have been where I am or have pt where I am and what they did. I don't want to tell the Doc's that I work with every day that I don't trust there jugment but I just don't know if I should wait. Please give me some advise.:bowingpur Please excuse my spelling I can barly see the screen so I am sure it is bad.