My surgeon wanted me to have manmo follow up. I said no because mammo did not show my ILC. Again I found it. It showed up on mri. I have had ultra sounds of entire breasts since. I will have an mri in July which will be 1 year since my last mri. It is because of expense and Medicare will not pay. Sad but true. I will never have another mammo. Why would I if it did not show my cancer. My surgeon's response was but it shows other cancers. All I can say is keep on top of your breasts your self. I was lucky I felt 12mm rock myself. I am a mammo tech and am shocked that mammo did not show my ILC. The ultra sound did but I had to show to tech. The exact spot where I felt it. My surgeon said ILC is like cobwebs and does not show up on mammo. Surgeon said that mammo shows other breast cancers. I am continuing to have ultrasounds and making sure tech goes over every inch of both breasts. Also, prior to feeling lump in breast I had a mammo my yearly five months before and it did not show the ILC in left breast. Nor did the ultra sound. My surgeon said the ultra sound probably skimmed over the cancer. She said the tech sweeps the breast and now I have them go over it slowly and with detail. My surgeon said my cancer was probably there two to five years before it was discovered. Again, I just had ultrasound of both breasts and in may having ultrasound of left breast and bilateral mri in july of both breasts. If I have cancer again I will have lumpectomy again. I did not have radiation and I am not doing the hormone blocker. I have had hysterectomy and I am thin and have osteopenia and do not want osteoporosis. I also am having a customer of my bladder tomorrow because I get bladder infections too often now. I also had colonoscopy one year ago and it was neg.

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