Scared by mammogram results: Might be cysts, biopsy to confirm

Posted by EllaB @raffi, Nov 9 7:20am

Hello I am a lung cancer survivor: luckily, if such word can be used with cancer, I was stage 1 and two surgeries in 2023 allowed me to be Ned since then. I got yesterday the report from my mammogram and sonogram (I will never have any test done on Friday anymore !!!) and I am very scared. Please if anyone can clarify for me and share her experience I would truly appreciate it.

the results are below.

thank you all just for being there!

The breasts are heterogeneously dense, which may obscure small masses.
There are multiple ill-defined small distortions throughout the right upper outer breast, without definite mass.
Additional imaging recommended.
Otherwise, scattered cysts and
calcifications are stable and benign. Left breast biopsy marker again noted.
Screening automated whole breast ultrasound with standard AP, lateral, and medial views, including all 4 quadrants and the retroareolar regions of both breasts. The study is limited by diffuse shadowing throughout both breasts.
There is a possible hypochoic area with questionable internal
calcifications in the right breast at 11:30, 3 cm from nipple. Additional imaging is recommended.
A 2nd possible irregular hypoechoic area is seen in the right breast at 09:30, 8.8 cm trom nipple on the lateral projection. Additional imaging is recommended.

Elsewhere in both breasts, there are no sonographically suspicious findings.

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sequoia | @sequoia | Dec 4 10:01am

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@raffi 🙏🏼🙏🏼

myoga | @myoga | Dec 4 5:59pm

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@raffi
I hope your biopsy went well. Praying for your good results! Please share your results. Your good news is our good news. Hugs.

EllaB | @raffi | Dec 4 7:42pm

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@myoga
Still waiting for the results! The good news is that my lung cancer Ct scan came up clean. I am meeting tomorrow with the breast center nurse. The waiting is terrible. I am trying to be positive. We deserve good news!
I am so touched by you thinking about me. It feels so lonely sometimes: I try to keep the worry hidden from my son and my friends.

myoga | @myoga | Dec 5 3:38am

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@raffi
I totally understand how you feel. I felt the same way while waiting for my biopsy results. When my anxiety went through the roof I had to take a long walk for relief. It certainly feels lonely in this journey because no one understands how we feel. But here you’re among cancer sisters. We’re here to help each other through this tough journey, no judgement just encouragement. I pray for your good results and hope you’ll get them soon. Hugs.

coco46 | @coco46 | Dec 5 3:16pm

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@raffi That's great news! Hoping and praying you get great news on biopsy as well.

EllaB | @raffi | Dec 6 12:21pm

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@coco46
Good news! Atypical lobular hyperplasia: not cancer! Still I will have surgery to remove the area to make sure it doesn’t hide cancer cells. I will have an increased risk of breast cancer but this is something I have no control over it. I hope to have surgery soon… in all this we also need to work 😜

coco46 | @coco46 | Dec 14 3:24pm

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@raffi I hope everything goes well with surgery. Any date set yet for that?

EllaB | @raffi | Dec 14 4:28pm

Middle of January. Hopefully nothing is hiding behind the architectural distortions. I am still very positive even if I am a little worried about the surgery. Hopefully I will be up and running in a week. Thank you so much for asking!!!!