Re: Abnormal mammogram & Xolair - NOT Abnormal - Update

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Just went to another clinic in our town that does ONLY breast studies

and the radiologist found the films ***normal***. Partly there is a

difference between film and the new digital imaging - digital makes

all the little cysts etc. that all women have sooner or later stand

out much more and look more ominous.

So, good news, this doc, whom I liked a great deal, is telling me to

come back in 6 months. He put up the films and showed me everything

and talked about it. There are little spots (nodules) that have been

around at least since 2001 and I started Xolair in March, 2007 (!!!)

Nothing palpable at all - just very routine.

Just finalizing this thread in case any other woman had been reading

it and wondering.

> >

> > I just found out that my mammogram was abnormal. This was quite

a

> shock as breast cancer does NOT run in my family at all and I do

not

> have a history of breast disease. A doctor (board certified former

> prof) I've gone to for many years figured I was at less risk for

> certain reasons too although certainly no one is " safe " and he's

made

> that clear. What's bothoring me (among many other things) is the

> slight (depending on statistical method used) increase in cancer

> w/Xolair. And breast cancer appears to be one of the more common

> ones.

> >

> > Of course I do NOT know right now that I have breast cancer (no

> palpable lump). They want to compare it to old films and the

former

> clinic is taking their sweet time getting them ready. I've heard

> that most turn out to be benign. I asked my pulmo if the

> odd " nodule " that turned up in a chest x-ray several years ago and

> disappeared completely in subsequent catscans could have anything

to

> do with it and she said " no. " I guess the other part that bothors

me

> is that it took them nearly 2 weeks to get a FORM LETTER to me -

not

> even the decency to call - and the gyn left it sitting on her desk

> for a week while she was out. For that insensitivity I am

FURIOUS.

> The scarey part still lingers ... no one knows for sure exactly

what

> happens with any monoclonal antibody. Lung function improved ...

and

> now this ... hoping it's nothing.

> >

> >

> >

> >

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[Guest guest]

Great news! Thanks for letting us know and for sharing with us.

instdesgn1 <instdesgn1@...> wrote: Just went to another clinic in

our town that does ONLY breast studies

and the radiologist found the films ***normal***. Partly there is a

difference between film and the new digital imaging - digital makes

all the little cysts etc. that all women have sooner or later stand

out much more and look more ominous.

So, good news, this doc, whom I liked a great deal, is telling me to

come back in 6 months. He put up the films and showed me everything

and talked about it. There are little spots (nodules) that have been

around at least since 2001 and I started Xolair in March, 2007 (!!!)

Nothing palpable at all - just very routine.

Just finalizing this thread in case any other woman had been reading

it and wondering.

> >

> > I just found out that my mammogram was abnormal. This was quite

a

> shock as breast cancer does NOT run in my family at all and I do

not

> have a history of breast disease. A doctor (board certified former

> prof) I've gone to for many years figured I was at less risk for

> certain reasons too although certainly no one is " safe " and he's

made

> that clear. What's bothoring me (among many other things) is the

> slight (depending on statistical method used) increase in cancer

> w/Xolair. And breast cancer appears to be one of the more common

> ones.

> >

> > Of course I do NOT know right now that I have breast cancer (no

> palpable lump). They want to compare it to old films and the

former

> clinic is taking their sweet time getting them ready. I've heard

> that most turn out to be benign. I asked my pulmo if the

> odd " nodule " that turned up in a chest x-ray several years ago and

> disappeared completely in subsequent catscans could have anything

to

> do with it and she said " no. " I guess the other part that bothors

me

> is that it took them nearly 2 weeks to get a FORM LETTER to me -

not

> even the decency to call - and the gyn left it sitting on her desk

> for a week while she was out. For that insensitivity I am

FURIOUS.

> The scarey part still lingers ... no one knows for sure exactly

what

> happens with any monoclonal antibody. Lung function improved ...

and

> now this ... hoping it's nothing.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ---------------------------------

> > oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not

> web links.

> >

> >