Who has been called back for a second mammogram?!
Question: Who has been called back for a second mammogram!?
And an altrasound, how common is it!? Any stories!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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There are a few reasons why a woman would be called back for more images after a mammogram!. Vary rarely, the images are of poor quality or have an artifact on them!. This doesn't happen often because the mammographer checks her images before she lets the patient leave!. Occasionally, the mammographer will miss something that the radiologist catches!.
More often, there is an area of the image that needs further evaluation!. This could be because the patient has dense breast tissue!. Dense tissue appears white on the x-ray film!.!.!.!.and so do all signs of breast cancer (both masses/lumps or calcifications)!. You cannot see white pathology through white, dense tissue!. It is like trying to see a white volleyball in a the snow in a photograph!. Sometimes, mammography compression views or a breast ultrasound are needed in these cases, just to ensure nothing is "hiding" behind that white tissue!.
Other times, the radiologist sees a mass or calcifications!. Many masses and different types calcifications are benign!. There are special views we can take (magnification views) which will show those exact areas better!. In the case of microcalcifications, these images will show the edges of the calcifications in more detail, so the radiologist can determine which type they are!. In the far majority of cases, the radiologist will determine they are benign!.!.!.!.not cancer!. Even after these special views, a radiologist might ask for a breast ultrasound, and maybe even a biopsy!. Even if your case goes as far as a biopsy, around 85% of these are benign!.
Worst case scenario, you may eventually diagnosed with breast cancer!. But, if you think about it logically, this is not life ending!. It means that you were diagnosed early!.!.!.!.before you had an advanced lump that could be felt!. This is what regular screening mammography is designed to do! Mammography is designed to find early breast cancers, which can not be felt!. The survival rate, in these cases, is about 96%!
So, it is not a bad sign to be called back for more images!. It probably happens to about 1 in 10 women after their screening mammogram!. Best wishes!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
More often, there is an area of the image that needs further evaluation!. This could be because the patient has dense breast tissue!. Dense tissue appears white on the x-ray film!.!.!.!.and so do all signs of breast cancer (both masses/lumps or calcifications)!. You cannot see white pathology through white, dense tissue!. It is like trying to see a white volleyball in a the snow in a photograph!. Sometimes, mammography compression views or a breast ultrasound are needed in these cases, just to ensure nothing is "hiding" behind that white tissue!.
Other times, the radiologist sees a mass or calcifications!. Many masses and different types calcifications are benign!. There are special views we can take (magnification views) which will show those exact areas better!. In the case of microcalcifications, these images will show the edges of the calcifications in more detail, so the radiologist can determine which type they are!. In the far majority of cases, the radiologist will determine they are benign!.!.!.!.not cancer!. Even after these special views, a radiologist might ask for a breast ultrasound, and maybe even a biopsy!. Even if your case goes as far as a biopsy, around 85% of these are benign!.
Worst case scenario, you may eventually diagnosed with breast cancer!. But, if you think about it logically, this is not life ending!. It means that you were diagnosed early!.!.!.!.before you had an advanced lump that could be felt!. This is what regular screening mammography is designed to do! Mammography is designed to find early breast cancers, which can not be felt!. The survival rate, in these cases, is about 96%!
So, it is not a bad sign to be called back for more images!. It probably happens to about 1 in 10 women after their screening mammogram!. Best wishes!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It has happened to me three times and it was all negative!.
First off how old are you!? If you are younger it is unlikely there is anything to be concerned about!. Secondly and thirdly, are you overweight and do you have large breasts!. If you are
overweight like me you are more likely to have fatty deposits or calcium deposits in your breasts which they may want to have a second look at Lastly if you have large breasts they
tend to be denser and make it more difficult to view things
on a regular mammogram!. Try not to worry about it too much!. They are just making doubly sure everything is ok!. I would rather go back ten times and have nothing wrong then find out later I should have gone back!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
First off how old are you!? If you are younger it is unlikely there is anything to be concerned about!. Secondly and thirdly, are you overweight and do you have large breasts!. If you are
overweight like me you are more likely to have fatty deposits or calcium deposits in your breasts which they may want to have a second look at Lastly if you have large breasts they
tend to be denser and make it more difficult to view things
on a regular mammogram!. Try not to worry about it too much!. They are just making doubly sure everything is ok!. I would rather go back ten times and have nothing wrong then find out later I should have gone back!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I had to go back!.!.!.thought they were calling me to tell me i won the raffle they were giving away!. The second was an untra sound and found the lump!. I felt like the country western song ~ Live like you are dying! Toughened up, went through the biopsys and surgery with papaloma virus, and I am surviving and plan on doing it for a long time!. be strongWww@Answer-Health@Com
I have been asked to have a follow-up ultrasound so many times, that my plan is just to start asking for the ultrasound to begin with if it is so much better than the mammogram!. It's really common - it just means they're being really careful!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Absolutely!Www@Answer-Health@Com