I am a 33 y.o. female with an abnormal mammogram. sm
Posted By: Worried on 2007-12-17
In Reply to:
After the test the tech told me to wait so she can run the films by doc to see if everything was okay or if he needed more images. This was my 1st one. She returned and said she needed more images.
I waited 20 minutes. Then she said you'll be here for a while, he wants to order an ultrasound. I was so scared by this point. All by myself. No explanations. My breasts are "lumpy" which is why my GYN sent me there in the 1st place.
I rec'd my postcard in the mail that he wants to see me AGAIN for more images. Why? Anyone with this before? He didn't recommend me to a surgeon or anything. Just more images. I haven't heard a word from my GYN either and I'm sure she's gotten the results as it's been a while now. So, I'm going back next week for more images and I'm scared to death.
I have 3 young boys and a hopeless husband (I mean that in a good way) who can't really function without me. Anyways, please let me know what you "think." I just don't know. I do feel sharp pains in my left breast at times.
Complete Discussion Below:  marks the location of current message within thread
The messages you are viewing
are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select
the boards given in left menu
Other related messages found in our database
I'm sure they would first do a mammogram
to make sure there is no cancer hiding. If this mass is out toward the skin, all the more reason to try to get a digital mammogram instead of a regular one. Once they are sure of what it is, they will give you your options, one of which will be surgical removal.
Mammogram
I had my mammo yesterday and it was actually a pleasant experience. They were so professional, caring and as gentle as they could be. I didn't even mind exposing myself at all, which I was dreading. I felt very comfortable with the female tech. The radiologist read the films right away and let me know right there it was negative which I thought was great. I urge all of you to go if you have been putting it off for whatever reason. You will feel such a sense of relief. Breast cancer if caught early can be treated successfully. The biggest ''risk factor'' for getting advanced breast cancer is to not get checked regularly.
If this post will encourage even a few of you who have been putting it off to go get checked, my job is done.
mammogram
Try not to worry about this. Same thing happened to me just last week, but I am quite a bit older than you. They asked me to come back in for further tests, which I did, and tomorrow will have stereotactic breast biopsy. I know it is hard not to worry, but please try!
mammogram-follow up
I was diagnosed and beat breast cancer after a very caring radiologist kept taking additional views. I go back next month for my first mammogram, kind of scared, but I'm stronger now, so off I will go. That was an excellent post. I wish more people would get checked and be faithful with following. Have a wonderful day.
Anyone have a mammogram recently?
I have to get one soon, but I am so afraid to do it. I'm 43 and it will be my first one. I know I should just do it, but I keep putting it off. Just the thought of those 2 glass (?) plates smashing down on the booberoos keeps me from going through wtih it.
Can anyone who has had one recently help me out....How bad does it hurt? How far down do they smash them? Within one inch? Two inches? or just enough to get a good view? 
Abnormal Pap
Happened to me after the birth of one of my sons where the Pap came back abnormal. They wanted to see me in three months, and I was concerned. When I questioned this the doc told me the abnormal result was due to the delivery and not being quite healed. Everything turned out fine on second Pap. I would call the doctors office and let them know that you are worried. Maybe there is a level to abnormalities and your's is low enough that it does not cause them concern unless it were to increase or come back abnormal a second time. Good luck!
Not at all abnormal.
Quality not quantity.
abnormal pap smear.
I went to get an annual in early April. They said if it is normal they will send me a card. (I have used this OB/GYN for the last 6 years and this is usually what happens). I never received a card. The nurse calls me Thursday and left a message on the machine to call her. I called her back, she was already gone so I told the receptiionist to have her call me on my cell because I always have it with me. I received no word from her so by 3:00 on Friday I call her back. She was already gone for the day. I call her back this morning (Monday) she was with another patient. I call her back at noon, she was out to lunch, I call her back at 2 she was doing something else. Well I told the receptionist how unhappy I was and what all was going on. I finally after 1.5 hours get a phone call. She said my pap smear came back abnormal. The did an HPV test on it and it was neg. They want to do another pep in 6 months. She acted like it is no big deal.
I don't understand. If it is abnormal why would they want to do another one. Wouldn't it be abnormal too?
This has happened before and they did a thin prep and it came back okay but it was sooner than six months if I remember right. What is the usual protocol? Thanks for any help.
Abnormal mammo sm
I fully appreciate your concern. Not to minimize your situation, a callback and ultrasound are not unusual today as every little speck is picked up. I have had 40 years of callbacks, ultrasounds and biopsies. It is one of the most aggravating and scary things to go through, especially at the holidays. Your docs are airing on the side of caution and you probably will have not much to worry about. Sometimes the ultrasound is followed by a needle aspiration. I have had surgical biopsies and other types of procedures. I still have both breasts and am doing well, although we have been through torture literally with all this. My husband as well gets all strung out and tells me I'm all he has, etc. Sometimes after a pregnancy you are prone to this more, and sometimes it's nothing but hormonal.. Just hang in there and think positive. it sounds like whatever it is is benign, that's what you have to tell yourself for now. They are just being extra cautious and thank God for that. It's a shame to spoil your holiday. My DIL has had the same experience and gets totally immobile with fear, only to find out it is a benign cyst. I use Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book as my Bible, it answers a lot of questions and it helped me through a difficult time and made me an informed consumer. You can order it from your library if you cannot buy one. I did. Don't think the worst - whatever it is, you are being looked at early. Hopefully, it's just a lumpy-bumpy cyst. Will say a prayer for you, you are not alone!!! Sometimes they are uncomfortable, sometimes not, sometimes you can feel them and sometimes you can't. Stay calm!
abnormal mammo
I too have lumpy breasts. I once had 13 cysts aspirated at one sitting. 1-1/2 years ago, I went for a mammogram, to a new and better mammo place. I had films, the radiologist wanted more, then an ultrasound, and then right then a biopsy, which results I got the next day and it was a large cyst, that they got most of. Went back six months later and nothing new. I have had a total of 18 cysts aspirated and/or biopsied. Fibrocystic disease/aka lumpy breasts are a pain to deal with. I cut down on my coffee and also menopause helped, with the hormones not helping the cysts grow. I was worried too about cancer. You should call your gyn doctor and ask her/him for the report on your mammogram. I watched the biopsy, asked many questions while the biopsy was being done, asked why they wanted more films, why an ultrasound and was told the truth, so I felt better. Cysts are very hard to feel all of the time, and my doctor told me years ago that I was the classic example for "lumpy breasts." Take care and make that phone call to your doctor and/or get a copy of your mammogram faxed to you. Hope you get good news soon.
is it abnormal not to enjoy sex?
sorry this is so personal...
I Have been in a relationship off and on for 6 years. I have never really enjoyed sex. With ANYONE.
And I dont mean because it's not spicy enough... or we dont try new things... not cause he doesn't know what he's doing...
This relationship is a good one. But I question whether he is the "right" one if I just simply dont enjoy sex. Mentally I want to, but physically I just don't respond like I did at the beginning. I know since Ive been with other people I physically respond to them because it is new and exciting. but i still dont really ENJOY it. but It's not like I hate sex or anything.
I'm really asking this to see if I am supposed to be with someone that I'm constantly gonna want to jump their bones. I know that sex is not everything in the relationship... and we have tried to make things better. We have good chemistry in all other ways.
No I was never molested, raped... or anything like that.
I just feel very abnormal and frustrated because I really love him and want to do everything with him... the sex is just like whatever to me. i still love kissing him all the time...
i dont know what else to say, im just really at a loss as to what my problem is. im under 30 years old so i feel like i should be enjoying it immensely.... :(
any thoughts?
With it just being the upper limits of abnormal...sm
I wouldn't worry too much. Of course I would watch it. You should get one of those meters to check it at home. I don't know what to tell you about the insurance situation. That sucks.
This an abnormal situation your child
is being subjected to. There is no sense in replaying a video showing people upset and crying. If the person showing this wants to watch in the comfort of her home, fine but subjecting children to this is abuse but they probably does not know this. Not fully understanding who is showing the film but they need some personal assistance to help work through the grief and not put on smaller shoulders. Your husband should be ashamed for not backing you.
My former OB/GYN was female sm
but I didn't think she took me seriously as to how bad it was for me. I had gone to her since I was 21 years old and she delivered both of my children. I started having the PMS/heavy bleeding after my daughter was born 7 years ago. It only got worse and worse as time passed. Last year I started having the pain across my back and down my legs but the last two months that has gotten better. The PMS has gotten better since I have reduced my stress level (was full-time job on-site/juggling side jobs and now at home full-time/not juggling so many jobs). However I am feeling more now like the PMS is not so much anger but more emotional like wanting to cry when I think or look at something sad. I still get a little short tempered and another problem is decreased libido, which normally I have no trouble in that department at all. Loving husband, married a long time, yada, yada, yada... Happy with life, but it is just those 2 weeks before that I suffer the most with the PMS. Thanks for sharing about only taking the mega B6 two weeks before because I think I'll ask my new GYN. I have pretty regular menses down to almost the day. I am glad to have people on this board that will share their experiences. I have learned so much today. I can't thank you enough... 
Perhaps you are not female and/or have no
female children.
I personally didn't use tampons until after my first child. Having a period is uncomfortable enough for a young girl or any woman for that matter.
My daughter is also of a very small build and even the smallest tampons would probably be very uncomfortable but that is beside the point.
The real point here is that she was publically humiliated at a time in her life when she is already extremely self-conscious. The whole boob issue has also recently "developed" and that's another wasp nest. (Sorry sis, once they show up, you are stuck with them.)
This gym teacher has a track record of public humiliation with kids. My older daughter had a sledding accident two years ago and cracked her tail bone and a vertebrae in her lower back. She had a doctor's excuse for absolutely NO participation in PE for nearly six weeks. The school was fine with it. The gym teacher was not.
This teacher is also a neighbor down the road a bit. She's a nasty old hag to say the least. She keeps her dog locked in the garage barking all day long. When it does manage to get out, it runs into the nearest house and wrecks havoc. It has managed to get into our house before and actually chewed the cord to my foot pedal.
I didn't say a word about it. The poor thing was desperate to see daylight, people, and other animals apparently.
So, needless to say, I will be sending her an email this morning and see how she responds. If I still think she is unreasonable and unapologetic, I will forward my email and her response to the district office.
R U female? We can do ANYTHING!! n/m
Need female help for DD sm
My DD is away at college. She is on BCPs and I don't know the brand. She has irregular bleeding and all sorts of problems and no, I don't think she levels with the clinic where she is seen on campus.
She started her period yesterday before we took her back after a weekend home. Today, she tells me she doesn't feel like she is in her body, spacy and weird. She is flowing heavily. I can't pay her ER bill and I am not so sure we are quite there yet.
I told her to drink lots of water, not to take a hot shower because that will dilate her vessels, start the next pack of pills to see if that will stop it (which is safe to do) and most all, GET TO BED AND SLEEP.
Any other suggestions? She is only 20 and she didn't start until she was 15. She has been on and off of pills and they all seem to do this. I could never take them for the same reasons and I want her off them when she is home for the summer because this is just stupid and scary. She is 4 hours away and I can't get to her easily....oh help!
Thanks so much.
...and why do they specify female?
x
My female cat does something similar...
She acts like she is wiping her feet like that in the same spot in front of the TV. Every time she walks past that spot, she does that. I have no idea why.
Just female problems?
What is it about being near 40?? Was having heavy TOM, started BCPs to help, and have now had a continuous TOM for 23 days. I am completely exhausted by 7:00 every evening. Does this sound like just female problems or should I ask for an ultrasound to make sure there is nothing really bad going on?
My female dog usually lifts her
leg to urinate. She learned it at the dog park, watching other dogs. I know it's a dominance thing, but it's embarrassing to have somebody ask if she's male or female, and we say female, and then she goes and lifts her leg and does the back foot scratchy thing like a male! Except her scratchy action is more like a ballet move where the foot is off the ground and she reaches back with her toes pointed and wiggles it in the air. Most dogs are trying to scent-mark, scratching the ground with their foot pads and kicking up mulch and dirt. Apparently it's not worth getting dirty for Sasha - a Siberian that we refer to as our poodle, LOL.
We had a female Rottie who... sm
Would lift her leg to urinate. A lot of times, she would actually squat a little, AND lift her leg at the same time. It was very strange! I don't know how she did it w/o getting urine on herself, but she did. She was very ladylike about it.
In her case, it wasn't dominance of any kind. She was the sweetest, most gentle dog with people and all other dogs. She was the 'omega' of the pack, not a dominant bone in her body, so I think it was just learned behavior.
That's one problem with being female (sm)
Women too often hear that medical problems are related to either our periods or menopause. That doesn't mean we should have to suffer just because of our hormones we can't help. :(
That would have been rotten to start your headaches at age 12. You sound like you have a strong family history of it, too. Nothing helped you or your family?
My female maltese
is 10 now and developed this problem a couple of years ago. It was not just at night, but anytime she was asleep, napping in my lap or asleep on my pillow snuggled next to my head (not a good way to wake up btw). It seemed to come as a complete surprise to her, as she woke up during or immediately after urinating, not before. All of her labs were normal, the only explanation was that it was a hormonal imbalance that occasionally occurs in older female dogs that were spayed at a very early age. As nearly as I could determine from the records I got from the lady I got her from was that she was about 3-4 months old when she was spayed. Since dogs can also have unwanted side effects from hormone replacement she was placed on antihistamines which resolved the problem for the most part, but she still gets the late night trip right before bedtime. Since your dog just started this late in life it may not be from the same thing, but it couldn't hurt, assuming that your dog has been spayed, to consider it as a possible cause if no other explanation is found. Here is a link to Merck Veterinary Manual online edition page that describes the condition (you may have to cut and paste).
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/130614.htm&word=canine%2cbladder%2ccontrol
Maybe the female wants to make sure
that they aren't hiring some little hottie that might steal her man?
another female teacher found having sex
with her students, 14 and 15 yo boys! This makes me sick. I swear, if a teacher ever touched my son I don't know what I'd do.
He looks like an aging ugly female! nm
b
I have two cats, one male and one female-
the female's name is Ophelia, a.k.a. Miss Thing, a.k.a. feefee, feebee or feegirl.
My baby boy's name is Curly, a.k.a. Curls, a.k.a. fattyboy, crybaby boy, or kittyboy. I once decided he should have a Native American name so his full name is Curly Purrsloud Longtail Kittyboy. :D Although now the poor baby has just been diagnosed with diabetes so I may need to make that Curly Purrsloud Longtail takes-insulin-well Kittyboy. :)
had a female -- Vagina!! no kidding.
x
Female hair loss
I'm wondering if any of you all have experienced, or know someone who has, hair loss. I'm 32 and for the last few years my hair has been thinning. Of course, for the last few years I was on Zoloft, and now that I have stopped it we are hoping I soon will once again have a full head of hair, but just in case...
How do you handle it? Wigs, scarves? My hair has always been my one vanity, so this is somewhat disturbing. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
HC
No, nothing personal. They can ask for female or male.
x
Male or female so I will know if I am interested. NM
X
Female anatomy and the brain
I do a lot of neuro dictation and I've noticed that seizures and migraines tend to increase in a lot of females with their menses. Anyone know the link between females having an increase in both of these problems with their menses? Would a hysterectomy be helpful? I'm truly curious about this.
My female cat plays fetch with her toy mouse
runs to get it, picks up in her mouth, and returns/drops it at your feet. So cute! She also sometimes cries very loudly over and over when I have the oven on as if she is in distress. I have no idea why! Any ideas? LOL. My male cat sits in the window and talks to the birds, a very odd chirping sound he only does with the birds. They're just too cute sometimes!
My female chihuahua mounts our male
cat who is a lot bigger than she is and when I say "what have I told you about doing that in public" she jumps down and looks at me with a real innocent "what?" look.
really? U sleep all night? Curious R U female? nm
I guess I agree with you, lots of female
I guess have just lost respect for their own selves and how they appear to others.
It really doesn't matter if it was a male or female
Whey the He!! are we discussing whether or not a female would ever do this. What happened was horrible! Plain and simple. Whey even bring the sex of the person into this? If that is what you are concerned about then you are totally missing the point of the story!
Africa's 1st female president was elected in 2006.
(January of 2006) "Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has been sworn in as Liberia's president, making her Africa's first elected female leader.
Loud cheers greeted her inauguration, with US First Lady Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice among those at the ceremony.
Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf says her top challenge is to maintain peace, law and order after 14 years of civil war."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4615764.stm
Hayseed, I type for an All-American female rheumatologist, hey like that name? LOL sm
Where abouts are you located? Are you in Maine yourself?
The other board got me chuckling about male/female names. Can you name the sm
strangest male/female names that you've come across according to gender. For example, I once typed on a Frank and it was a woman born a female from birth!
What are some parents thinking???? I've also heard of Shirely for a man.
Olympics - Female Chinese gymnasts - Do you think they were all 16 or turning 16?
I know our girls messed up, but I sure don't think those girls were all 16... just no way.
Female bounty hunter, in love with 2 guys (see inside)
one is a cop, the other is a mysterious bounty hunter who dresses in black and is very sexy (I think he's Cuban or something, I forget). Her family is hysterically funny, better than any sitcom ever on TV. Fast, funny read, great stress reliever.
I have read them all including #13, I get them from the library.
here's the list...it would be great if this country were ready for a female or black prez...
but it just ain't gonna happen. Daughter of a politician (so I know how it rolls)  Cat
|
Name and (party)1 |
Term |
State of
birth |
Born |
Died |
Religion2 |
Age at
inaug. |
Age at
death |
|---|
1. |
Washington (F)3 |
1789–1797 |
Va. |
2/22/1732 |
12/14/1799 |
Episcopalian |
57 |
67 |
2. |
J. Adams (F) |
1797–1801 |
Mass. |
10/30/1735 |
7/4/1826 |
Unitarian |
61 |
90 |
3. |
Jefferson (DR) |
1801–1809 |
Va. |
4/13/1743 |
7/4/1826 |
Deist |
57 |
83 |
4. |
Madison (DR) |
1809–1817 |
Va. |
3/16/1751 |
6/28/1836 |
Episcopalian |
57 |
85 |
5. |
Monroe (DR) |
1817–1825 |
Va. |
4/28/1758 |
7/4/1831 |
Episcopalian |
58 |
73 |
6. |
J. Q. Adams (DR) |
1825–1829 |
Mass. |
7/11/1767 |
2/23/1848 |
Unitarian |
57 |
80 |
7. |
Jackson (D) |
1829–1837 |
S.C. |
3/15/1767 |
6/8/1845 |
Presbyterian |
61 |
78 |
8. |
Van Buren (D) |
1837–1841 |
N.Y. |
12/5/1782 |
7/24/1862 |
Reformed Dutch |
54 |
79 |
9. |
W. H. Harrison (W)4 |
1841 |
Va. |
2/9/1773 |
4/4/1841 |
Episcopalian |
68 |
68 |
10. |
Tyler (W) |
1841–1845 |
Va. |
3/29/1790 |
1/18/1862 |
Episcopalian |
51 |
71 |
11. |
Polk (D) |
1845–1849 |
N.C. |
11/2/1795 |
6/15/1849 |
Methodist |
49 |
53 |
12. |
Taylor (W)4 |
1849–1850 |
Va. |
11/24/1784 |
7/9/1850 |
Episcopalian |
64 |
65 |
13. |
Fillmore (W) |
1850–1853 |
N.Y. |
1/7/1800 |
3/8/1874 |
Unitarian |
50 |
74 |
14. |
Pierce (D) |
1853–1857 |
N.H. |
11/23/1804 |
10/8/1869 |
Episcopalian |
48 |
64 |
15. |
Buchanan (D) |
1857–1861 |
Pa. |
4/23/1791 |
6/1/1868 |
Presbyterian |
65 |
77 |
16. |
Lincoln (R)5 |
1861–1865 |
Ky. |
2/12/1809 |
4/15/1865 |
Liberal |
52 |
56 |
17. |
A. Johnson (U)6 |
1865–1869 |
N.C. |
12/29/1808 |
7/31/1875 |
(7) |
56 |
66 |
18. |
Grant (R) |
1869–1877 |
Ohio |
4/27/1822 |
7/23/1885 |
Methodist |
46 |
63 |
19. |
Hayes (R) |
1877–1881 |
Ohio |
10/4/1822 |
1/17/1893 |
Methodist |
54 |
70 |
20. |
Garfield (R)5 |
1881 |
Ohio |
11/19/1831 |
9/19/1881 |
Disciples of Christ |
49 |
49 |
21. |
Arthur (R) |
1881–1885 |
Vt. |
10/5/1829 |
11/18/1886 |
Episcopalian |
50 |
56 |
22. |
Cleveland (D) |
1885–1889 |
N.J. |
3/18/1837 |
6/24/1908 |
Presbyterian |
47 |
71 |
23. |
B. Harrison (R) |
1889–1893 |
Ohio |
8/20/1833 |
3/13/1901 |
Presbyterian |
55 |
67 |
24. |
Cleveland (D)8 |
1893–1897 |
N.J. |
3/18/1837 |
6/24/1908 |
Presbyterian |
55 |
71 |
25. |
McKinley (R)5 |
1897–1901 |
Ohio |
1/29/1843 |
9/14/1901 |
Methodist |
54 |
58 |
26. |
T. Roosevelt (R) |
1901–1909 |
N.Y. |
10/27/1858 |
1/6/1919 |
Reformed Dutch |
42 |
60 |
27. |
Taft (R) |
1909–1913 |
Ohio |
9/15/1857 |
3/8/1930 |
Unitarian |
51 |
72 |
28. |
Wilson (D) |
1913–1921 |
Va. |
12/28/1856 |
2/3/1924 |
Presbyterian |
56 |
67 |
29. |
Harding (R)4 |
1921–1923 |
Ohio |
11/2/1865 |
8/2/1923 |
Baptist |
55 |
57 |
30. |
Coolidge (R) |
1923–1929 |
Vt. |
7/4/1872 |
1/5/1933 |
Congregationalist |
51 |
60 |
31. |
Hoover (R) |
1929–1933 |
Iowa |
8/10/1874 |
10/20/1964 |
Quaker |
54 |
90 |
32. |
F. D. Roosevelt (D)4 |
1933–1945 |
N.Y. |
1/30/1882 |
4/12/1945 |
Episcopalian |
51 |
63 |
33. |
Truman (D) |
1945–1953 |
Mo. |
5/8/1884 |
12/26/1972 |
Baptist |
60 |
88 |
34. |
Eisenhower (R) |
1953–1961 |
Tex. |
10/14/1890 |
3/28/1969 |
Presbyterian |
62 |
78 |
35. |
Kennedy (D)5 |
1961–1963 |
Mass. |
5/29/1917 |
11/22/1963 |
Roman Catholic |
43 |
46 |
36. |
L. B. Johnson (D) |
1963–1969 |
Tex. |
8/27/1908 |
1/22/1973 |
Disciples of Christ |
55 |
64 |
37. |
Nixon (R)9 |
1969–1974 |
Calif. |
1/9/1913 |
4/22/1994 |
Quaker |
56 |
81 |
38. |
Ford (R) |
1974–1977 |
Neb. |
7/14/1913 |
12/26/2006 |
Episcopalian |
61 |
— |
39. |
Carter (D) |
1977–1981 |
Ga. |
10/1/1924 |
— |
Southern Baptist |
52 |
— |
40. |
Reagan (R) |
1981–1989 |
Ill. |
2/6/1911 |
6/5/2004 |
Disciples of Christ |
69 |
93 |
41. |
G.H.W. Bush (R) |
1989–1993 |
Mass. |
6/12/1924 |
— |
Episcopalian |
64 |
— |
42. |
Clinton (D) |
1993–2001 |
Ark. |
8/19/1946 |
— |
Baptist |
46 |
— |
43. |
G. W. Bush (R) |
2001– |
Conn. |
7/6/46 |
— |
Methodist |
54 |
— |
thanks! :) I'll see if he'll ask some female friends SM
Thank you everyone! It has been great reading all of your responses! Goodnight!! "See" you all tomorrow!
Hugs,
Chickadee
|
