Hello! I'm glad I found this forum. Some history on myself... I am 35 yrs old, married w/ two children and I have a family history of breast cancer. My Mom got breast cancer when she was about 50, she let it go too long before she got checked and she died after it got into her lungs at the age of 59. It was stage 4 when she finally went to the dr and she only received treatment the last 5 yrs of her life. It was in her bones as well as both breasts when she was finally dx. And it never moved to any other organs until a year before she died it moved into her lung. Chemo and radiation was able to keep it at bay for awhile, but then stopped working.
I have been having my mammos since I was 30. They've all been good till this year. I had one done last week and they called me back this week for a follow up, for what she said on the phone were "changes". So today I went back in for the additional scans and an ultrasound. It was the worst 40 minutes of my life! She finally came back in and said the radiologist felt like everything looked benign but for me to come back in 6 months to make sure. And she said I was free to go. But I was like, "Hey wait a minute, what was it that was found?" I had heard her talking during the ultrasound to another tech in the room about 2 different "its" one at 12:00 and another at 11:00 (right breast). And I had heard them both say they looked the same size and something about lymph node.
So She said yes they were both lymph nodes but the dr felt like they were benign. I guess I was hesitating about leaving and she said that my dr would get all the information and if I wasn't comfortable with waiting the 6 months I could talk it over with him. I believe she said they were both really small, but I don't know the exact size. I've done my self exams and I have never felt anything and I had a breast exam with my papsmear a week before the original mammogram, and she said everything felt fine.
I've read on this board and on others that lymph nodes can be nothing at all, infection for some reason, and also cancer. I just don't know if I should feel confident in waiting the 6 months, what do you all think? And also since there was 2 of them and not just one, would that be worse than if there were just 1?
I'm just full of anxiety and I realize the news could have been worse but it could have been better too.
I would love to hear from you all, thanks for "listening".