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@jrawls99

I too was diagnosed with adh 2 yes ago and was told by breast surgeon a lumpectomy needed to be performed. I did it. No cancer was detected Mammograms every 6 months etc etc. My question is should I be worried about cancer still in future? Will this reoccur? Its been 2 years since my lumpectomy and my breast is still hard in spot of surgery site .

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Hello jrawls99........
Sorry about your lump at the surgery site. It can take some time for surgery scars to resolve. Hopefully it isn't painful (?) I found my lumpectomies took at least a couple to a few years to feel 'normal' again. I think you should continue to be monitored by your doctors as long as they feel it would be wise. Perhaps you had the ADH and you won't again (that would be a great outcome) or if it does come back again in your breasts, best to find it early, test and remove it as needed before it becomes an invasive cancer. Although my cancer was lobular hyperplasia, I'm so grateful that I was being monitored closely over the two years following my lumpectomy because it became invasive cancer and was removed at Stage 1 before it had spread to my lymph nodes....a much more easily treated stage a that level.
It's stressful and time consuming and sometimes even painful to go through the tests......but I followed my doctor recommendations and found my cancer early. It would have been even better to have been tested and not found any cancer (ha ha) but I'm glad I followed up. I have a good prognosis moving forward now and the follow up is the reason. Hugs