Dear Concerned Mother of 2: Ask your doc for some low dose Atavan or Xanax to help with anxiety. Also, keep busy with things--clean, cook, see a movie. Call friends, talk with your doctor. The vast...
Would appreciate information from anyone who underwent a lumpectomy following a needle biopsy. My pathology said no cancer in microcalcifications but found neoplasm with fragments of probable...
I understand your feelings. The best thing to give your mother right now is your love & support. That will mean keeping your fears from her. Help her get through her tests & to find information to...
So, following a sterotactic biopsy on Jan. 8 for a new tiny microcalcification found on a routine screening,the pathology report was not cancer but fragments of "probable sclerosing papilloma" and...
Dear Britania: I am sorry to hear about your situation. How did you learn that you needed these surgeries? I have been advised to see a breast surgeon to discuss removal (lumpectomy?) of schlerosing...
Happy New Year! I had my biopsy done on Tuesday! Although the procedure took a bit longer, it was done and it was uncomfortable but uneventful. My results came back benign! I will do some follow up...
Three weeks ago I was called back for a second mammogram. The radiologist, who was lacking in any bedside manner, said that she could not tell whether the new, tiny microcalcification in my left...
Greetings, happy New year! how are you feeling since your results? my biopsy is one week from tomorrow! some days I get through well;others I feel pretty rough. how did you manage your anxiety while...
Dear Mfsonly1: I am sorry to learn of your diagnosis and I hope that you are dealing with things okay. Please let us know how you are doing. My prayers are with you!...
Dear Woogie: I am going to keep busy today so my thoughts do not wonder toward the morbid. Today, I thought of how much time I have wasted worrying about people, places and things that are not in my...
Thank you! Today was a good day! Iwill be back here! God bless!...
Dear Woogie: Thank you for your encouraging note! I have confided my worst fears to God and to my best friend. I have spared my 19 year-old daughter because I did not want to ruin her Christmas too....
Dear Mimi57: I, like you, also had the dreaded callback for a second mammogram on Dec. 14. I am 55 and in good health, but with a family history (Mother, died age 58) of breast cancer. The...