<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Pattiv1243's Discussion RSS Feed</title><link>http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/mynbcf/members/pattiv1243/discussions/rss</link><description>Pattiv1243's Discussion RSS Feed</description><item><title><![CDATA[MRI Results Today...]]></title><link>http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/mynbcf/members/pattiv1243/discussions/8711</link><guid>http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/mynbcf/members/pattiv1243/discussions/8711</guid><description><![CDATA[I had an irregular mamo and ultrasound 2 weeks ago.  "Nodule with microcalcifications in 2 locations".  I have done lots of research and even went so far as to call Mayo Breast clinic...but have held off as I don;t want to over-react.  I got an MRI done Thursday and I just got a call from my doctor's office, and they said that it looks like a benign lymph node...good right???

My brain has been so geared to hear bad, that now I hear what I think is good and don't know what to think??? - I think I am crazy - My doctor said she didn't think a biopsy was necessary. I asked about the microcalcifications and she didn't know about those..She will call me back. Should I insist on a biopsy?  

I am not one that wants to be sick, but I want to be safe...agghhhh. I am happy with reservervation.

]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Am I Getting Too Freaked Out??]]></title><link>http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/mynbcf/members/pattiv1243/discussions/8609</link><guid>http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/mynbcf/members/pattiv1243/discussions/8609</guid><description><![CDATA[This may be long - Sorry....
Hi I am brand new to the board.  I am 38 and went for a routine mammo last friday the 2nd of May.  It is a diagnostic mammo as I have very large fibrocystic breasts.  I have had 2 prior mammos(both negative).  Well, I went back in 3 times that day for more views/mammos.  They then took me for an ultrasound in the next room...and after told me they would call the doctor with recommendations. This is friday at 12:18 pm and my doctor closes at noon on fridays!  So I tried not to stress, but I did...

I called my doctor Monday am first thing and she says that I have microcalcifications in the right breast and that they were sending me for an MRI...and possibly a biopsy.  

So...Iget on the internet and see that calcifications do not typically show up on MRI's ....Where am I at here?? Should I even be on this site?? and as I would be happy to hear an "all clear" next thursday, I am wondering if I should be satisfied with an all clear??.  I am kind of wondering why I am getting an MRI and not just a biopsy.  Or am I WAY too far ahead of myself here??  Personally just the thought of breast cancer makes me just want to get a mastectomy, as I am uncomfortable with my large breasts to begin with- this just makes me resent them more.  ]]></description></item></channel></rss>