I agree wholeheartedly with barkyboys comments. Good advice! I know several people who had a lumpectomy and refused radiation and had a recurrence after 2 years. Surgeons may not tell you this, but...
You may have already had your biopsy already. So this may be too late. First of all, a birads 3 is 98% benign. A birads 4 is very broad but is on the average 80% benign. So a birads 3.5 (which...
Wow! Congratulations! Many would not have made it through that ordeal. You should feel lucky and blessed... Welcome home....
Please make sure your doctor orders an ultrasound. Breast cancer in your age group is fairly uncommon, although not impossible. You may have a galactocele (milk cyst) or a regular cyst, both of which...
It's always good to get a second opinion. But make sure she orders an ultrasound. That is the normal standard of care. Good luck!...
Routine breast MRI are not generally done even in patients with your history (papillomas and atypical ductal hyperplasia). One of the reasons is that it tends to be too sensitive and picks up a lot...
Most lumps in men are due to gynecomastia. Usually from medications, marijuana in past, or steroids, etc. Alot of times, it's hard to tell gynecomastia from a true lump on ultrasound, and many get...
You need 1) a breast ultrasound and 2) a diagnostic mammogram if you haven't had one within the last 6 months, assuming you're over 35-40. (If you're younger than 35, you may not need a mammogram.)...
1) Generally, new microcalcifications (that are not 100% felt to be benign) are biopsied. Generally they are definitely benign or need biopsy. Waiting 6 months usually doesn't make sense (except rare...
You should have your doctor order a left breast ultrasound (not a mammogram) in the meantime. I don't know what kind of "specialist" this doctor is, but it really should not take that long. The good...
I honestly think you're making a huge deal out of this unnecessarily. It seems that your surgeon felt that the lump you felt was accessory breast tissue which is just normal breast tissue higher up....
Congratulations on your reunion and five year survival. Regarding molecular breast imaging or breast specific gamma imaging or scintimammography (they're all the same), you have to realize that it is...
When you say that they thought that the two were cysts, I'm assuming that this info is based on an ultrasound? If so, sometimes an ultrasound image may appear like a cyst but it turns out not to be....
Microcalcifications are very common in the breast. When they are large enought and has a characterisitic appearance, they can tell that they are benign. When they are too tiny and in a certain...
Thank you so much for that update Bear. That was very helpful. Can you tell me which UK pharmacy you use or which ones have any 2mg and 4mg patches. I wanted to have the local pharmacy in the UK mail...
It seems like you are going to have a needle localization surgical excision. This is a two step process. Step One: Needle localization. This is done in the radiology department. The tech will do a...
Les, I'm assuming your sister has the typical invasive ductal type rather than DCIS(non-invasive type)? 1) There are three main types of treatment for invasive breast cancer ): Surgical excision,...
Bayside, My information regarding the European pharmacies is just based on my reading of the news on the internet. There were several articles (including a press release from UCB website) from June...
Bayside, Have you tried calling any pharmacies directly in the UK or Germany? I read that they were supposed to restock the pharmacies with refrigerated supplies of Neupro patches (cold chain supply)...
Bayside, Thank you so much for the info. I will try to contact them next week. Superbigmac...
Does anyone have any experience with Azilect to slow down progression of Parkinsons?...
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Hi Bayside, Can you also email me the information about where to get the Neupro patch in Israel? Thanks, Superbigmac...