First time on this forum. My mother had breast cancer with a mastectomy, so I am faithful about having mammograms. I had mine on Dec 4, and received a letter from the imaging place that an abnormality that requires further evaluation was found. ., and to please call my PCP immediately. When I called, I was told that I had a nodule/lump in my left breast. It also said it was unchanged from the last 3 years mammograms. WTF!!!! No where in the copies from the past 3 years is ANY mention of a nodule/lump mentioned!!! I asked the nurse to check her copys, which she did, and she agreed that there was no mention. I called the imagining place, and an ultrasound is scheduled for this Friday. I told her that when I was in, I wanted to speak with the radiologist and ask why this had never been mentioned before. So said''''''Uh, okay""" Don't ya love brain dead receptionists?
A couple of questions......Is an ultrasound done by a radiologist or a technician? Will I get the results right then? How long will it take? I went thru surgical menopause when I was 31 (62 now) and took HRT for a number of years as the thinking then was to prevent loss of bone density. When more studies kept showing the possiblity of that leading to breast cancer, I stopped. Probably haven't taken them for at least 15 years now. Will having taken them previously still increase the chance of breast cancer?
Thank you for any help you might be able to give me.