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Menopause Discussion => Other Health Discussion => Topic started by: lizzog on March 07, 2017, 04:04:18 PM

Title: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: lizzog on March 07, 2017, 04:04:18 PM

Was recalled today from my second mammogram. They've found a very small calcification on my right breast and did
another mammogram, ultrasound then a biopsy. It took a while as it's so small they could barely find it.
I've got to wait til next week before I get the results.
Has anyone had this and
can you tell me any positive stories?

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: CLKD on March 07, 2017, 04:19:38 PM

It's always a worry.  What was the mood like at the appt.?  Why don't 'they' tell us more  ::).  I had a lump removed in the 1990s which was OK until it got to histology, had a course of treatment and still here >wave<. 

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: Cassie on March 07, 2017, 04:36:02 PM

Yes it can be quite a normal finding as one ages, I think it can be intensified if one breastfed as well.

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: lizzog on March 07, 2017, 04:46:43 PM

That's interesting- I fed one for 9 months and one for 18 months  ;D think she got a good service there!!!
Waiting a week will kill me- I'm going to try a few diversions!

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: Dyan on March 07, 2017, 05:17:41 PM

I had calcification in my right breast 12 years ago. The biopsy came back normal and the calcification went away after a while. It was as big as a walnut.

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: lizzog on March 07, 2017, 05:22:53 PM

Thanks Dyan - mine seems to be very small and was very hard to even see it and then find it for the biopsy. I'm very anxious about the whole thing. Just had pneumonia and was in hospital over Christmas and now this....

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: Megamind on March 07, 2017, 05:37:22 PM

Hi Lizzog,
My friend had a very small calcification that they found hard to get to for the biopsy but all turned out OK. Hopefully yours will too.

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: bramble on March 07, 2017, 05:41:47 PM

I had calcium deposits as well. They did a biopsy and inserted a marker into the area which would show up in future mammograms. All was well with the biopsy.
Bramble

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: CLKD on March 07, 2017, 05:47:34 PM

Get everything over B4 Summer?  It amazes me why Medics don't explain more of the whys and wherefores as we go forwards for different investigations  ::)

>wave Dyan<

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: lizzog on March 07, 2017, 05:48:33 PM

Thanks everyone for your kind words of reassurance- always nice to know you're not on your own with these things!
I've had a marker put in too.

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: CLKD on March 07, 2017, 05:50:06 PM

When you join MM Forum you are rarely alone ;-)

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: lizzog on March 07, 2017, 05:51:14 PM

Yes I agree. If I'd known about this first it would t have been such a shock. I thought it was most likely a poor image they'd got rather than actually having found something.

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: CLKD on March 07, 2017, 05:51:51 PM

Not enough explanation!  Maybe a little note to the Mammogram Dept.?

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: matildamouse on March 08, 2017, 01:29:43 AM

I also had what they called micro calcifications in my one breast and the followed biopsy was clear. They also left in a marker. All the best, based on the other posters on here, it sounds like it should be fine.

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: lizzog on March 08, 2017, 07:22:20 AM

Thanks- it's very reassuring to hear.

Title: Re: Calcification found on mammogram
Post by: lizzog on March 17, 2017, 08:58:56 PM

Quick update. Calcification was found to be benign which is a huge relief.
When I mentioned  I was
On hrt he suggested I maybe ought to look at coming off it....hmmm operative word there is 'he'...
My symptoms have been pretty bad the last few weeks- night sweats, joint aches - I'm 50 so not planning on coming off anytime soon.