Hi,
i am new to this forum and I am looking
for some answers.I would much rather
listen to other womens recommendations
that have experienced breast cancer than
another doctor! I am considered very high
risk for breast cancer.I have already had
12 breast biopsies,been in a clinical
trial to prevent breast cancer and do
everything right! Excersize,eat
right,breast fed 3 children there isn't a
thing I haven't seem to try to do to get
rid of this problem.So far no breast
cancer, numerous different pathologies
like fibroadenomas,adh,apocrine
metaplasia...Everything under the sun!
There is a possibility I could have the
pten gene.I come from a large family and
nobody else has had any problems except my
aunt who died from breast cancer in her
60s she also was a smoker and a drinker.
The mutation could be spontaneous and
began with me. That is besides the point.
I just finished my clinical trial and my
biomarkers at the end of the trial were
worse than when I started. The doctors
recommendation were to have my
ovaries,uterus,and breasts removed
regardless of whether or not I test
positive for this gene or not. I am 47yrs
old and haven't started to go through
menopause yet. My mammograms are tough to
read because my breasts are more than 75%
dense and when they do ultrasounds they
always see so much activity going on you
can't biopsy every area all the time.
They called last week and told me after my
last ultrasound to get in and have a mri
asap.It scared me half to death..I have
never had one before!I always have several
areas that pop up that you can feel all
the time that you can't image well.
My 1st question is has anyone had er-
breast cancer and is it as terrifying as
it sounds? My 2nd question is how
accurate is mri for screening purposes?
My 3rd question has anyone regardless of
great screening including
mammograms,ultrasounds,and mris had cancer
just seem to pop up overnight? Please
someone help with any of these questions I
really need your help! Thans so much
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