Mammogram call back

Yes I have susieb755 and was terrified. My doctor was very reassuring quoting statistics, I seem to remember he said 9 out of 10 were false alarms, just something that wasn't quite clear from the mammogram and that did prove to be the case for me.

I hope all goes well tomorrow, it is worrying for you but definitely best that they eliminate any uncertainties. Good luck.

Thank you - I told work if it was good news I'd be in late - if not I'd be in the pub with a gin...

Good luck, susieb My 44 yr old daughter has just had a mammogram and ultrasound because of some strange puckering on her left breast. They couldn't find anything wrong and have put it down to weight loss because she has been dieting for a few months.

Try not to worry too much (easier said than done though)

Try not to worry too much, Susie. False positives are one of the biggest problems of any screening programme, and hopefully, all will be well.

Good luck - my call back turned out to be a cyst but like you I was terrified. Rememv]ber this is why you have the gram in the first place. I think the fear is the worst part Looking forward to hearing good news from you however

Good luck. I had that. Unfortunately mine turned out to be cancer but very small and caught early. That was 12 years ago. So even if the worst happens at least you know something will be done quickly.

I was called back when my last mammogram showed some spots of calcification. After a very thorough ultrasound scan it was diagnosed as duct ectasia, a benign condition. I was put back onto routine breast screening, which is due again next week, which I am a bit apprehensive about. If I am called back this time, I shall still worry!
Good luck, let us know how you get on.

I hope all is well but if not, like janethea it will probably be caught early and I believe breast cancer is one of the ones which can be very successfully treated these days. I know several people who tell me they used to have breast cancer. Please let us know how it goes.

As Gracesmum says, the reason you had the mammogram was to show up any problems, and 9 out of 10 of recalls are for technical things - blurry image probably.

Like Janthea I was the other 1 in 10. I had a small tumour removed 8 years ago after being recalled when a mammogram showed it up. It was so small, no-one could find it by touch, it took an ultrasound scan to confirm it. It has caused absolutely no trouble since. I still get a yearly mammogram, I had five years on Tamoxifen and now am on five years of Letrozole, just in case it left behind any little reminders. No side effects at all.

Elegran. It was the same with me. Op and then radiotherapy, Tamoxifan for five years and then Arimidex. I also have yearly 'grams. No biggy!

I have been recalled twice and on both occasions a more detailed scan came to the conclusion that these were calcification and nothing to worry about. I also had a huge lump once that appeared very rapidly and they aspirated loads of fluid from it - it was just a cyst.

I do send every good wish to you for tomorrow - I know you will have a sleepless night (been there, done that!), but the chances are that all is well, and if there is any need for treatment at least they will be catching things early.

Good luck, and do let us all know how it goes. xx

susie probably just double checking something, good luck! . I've had a call back and there was nothing wrong. (It took a consultant and a specialist breast practitioner to tell me that, which until they said all was fine, was a bit anxiety producing in itself!). I know the tests are necessary by the side effects like being scared, are often a curse!

... that should be but the side effects ...

Thank you all for the messages - it was a cyst, so panic over - they say they are quite common on HRT, and dissolve away once you stop.

Its good to know that they have you in so quickly ( less than a week ) if they spot something.

Hope you are fully recovered Janthea - we are very lucky to have routine screening in this country , I have three friends diagnosed that way

So pleased for you susie

It must be such a relief Susie. Yes - I'm fully recovered thank you and grateful for the reassurance of the yearly check ups.

So pleased for you Susie

Good news! Time to relax.

Lovely..I'm sure you're on a huge high now susieb have a great weekend

Last time I had a mammogram I was told that as I'd be over 70 within three years, I would have to take the initiative to make an appointment but now I have had a letter giving me an appointment, so has the rule changed? Or just in this area?

It's an interesting area anno. I had a letter that said something like "as a trial we are only going to call in half the women in your age group (early 60s) and you are in the group that is going to be called in" But it was less clear than that... a fine example of un-plain english. Flux I think, sums it up.
The thing is that there is a peak in BC, as you can see on the graph, in the 60s age group. But there are still around 15,000 cases a year in the over 70s. And the incidence, as in number of cases per 100,000 women in that age group, is as high in the very elderly as it is in the early 60s.
These days there is no reason why most women over 70 cannot be treated successfully for early breast cancer. Interesting that, according to cancerresearchuk
"Women aged over 71 are not currently eligible for screening, and some studies have shown that women over 70 are less likely than younger women to receive surgery or radiotherapy for their breast cancer, which may explain the relatively slower change in mortality rates over time for this group."
Of course some of the non-treatment maybe because of frailty, and there may be some late diagonsis due to patient behaviour but it maybe also that women over 70 are not being diagnosed as early, or looked after as well as younger women.
www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/types/breast/incidence/uk-breast-cancer-incidence-statistics#age

Yes, my letter tells me that over 70s screening will gradually be introduced to the whole of England, don't know about rest of UK.

We are in an interesting situation re England and the rest of the UK. Scotland and Wales make their own decisions these days about how their money is spent. No NHS reforms in Wales!

Welcome to the cysterhood susie!! I know just what you went through and a friend I saw at the call back said it had happened more than once to her too. Doesn't make it any easier at the time!