Early Detection Via MRI

mdfau

Just wanted to let everyone know the surgery went well last week. Feeling fine.

My cancer in the right breast was not detected by a Mamogram or Ultra Sound. Only from an MRI. I would recommend this as a "compliment" to the other tests. In the MRI test, it picks up everything, which is good. No telling what would have happened in a year from now without this.

Thanks for everyone's support.

dbs1673

me too
Couldn't agree more as that's how mine was detected too. Fortunately I had a great dr who argued with the insurance company to allow me to get it.

dawn

Aortus

dbs1673 said:

me too
Couldn't agree more as that's how mine was detected too. Fortunately I had a great dr who argued with the insurance company to allow me to get it.

dawn

Up in St. Louis in January
We were getting a second opinion from Dr. Horn at Barnes-Jewish. She discovered that Moopy had a collapsed lung from port surgery earlier in the week. That gave her an "excuse" for a chest X-ray and an MRI - both of which Moopy's insurance paid for despite its being out of network. Both came out clear, thank God... the first piece of completely GOOD news we'd had in months!

Marcia527

Mine didn't show on
Mine didn't show on mammogram or ultrasound either but it was obvious I had cancer because of the size. The doctor said it grew in a year but sometimes I wonder if the mammogram from the previous year just didn't show it.

Akiss4me

I agree...
My cancer only showed on an MRI and was already invasive. I shiver at the thought that if I waited till it showed on mammo or ultra sound it could have been worse. Pammy

mdfau

Health Insurance & MRI
I live in Florida.

Hope that my story along with others, will spark a "mandatory" procedure for MRI in all women. See now that a Mamogram and Ultra Sound, was not effective.

Shortly, I want to contact the state representatives, along with our congressmen, to show how this test can save lives and should be paid for by the health insurance companies. I had two, one routine MRI and the MRI guided biopsy, which showed the three in the right side as cancer.

If not for this, who could tell what would have happened in a year. Although, Stage 0 now, in a year, could have been worse.

Thanks for everyone's support.

cats_toy

Aortus said:

Up in St. Louis in January
We were getting a second opinion from Dr. Horn at Barnes-Jewish. She discovered that Moopy had a collapsed lung from port surgery earlier in the week. That gave her an "excuse" for a chest X-ray and an MRI - both of which Moopy's insurance paid for despite its being out of network. Both came out clear, thank God... the first piece of completely GOOD news we'd had in months!

Great news Joe
tell Moopy "whoo hoo!" for me!
Cat

mimivac

MRIs
Yes, md, this is a good point. My tumor showed up on the mammogram, sonogram, AND MRI, but because I have "young, dense" breasts no one blinked at the MRI. I will be getting them every year along with six-month mammograms for screening purposes.

One word of caution about MRIs, they may show false positives and cause a lot of anxiety. This is the reason the some doctors do not like to prescribe them (true also for routine PET, CT scans).

I'm sure glad I have access to them though.

Mimi

Jeanne D

Aortus said:

Up in St. Louis in January
We were getting a second opinion from Dr. Horn at Barnes-Jewish. She discovered that Moopy had a collapsed lung from port surgery earlier in the week. That gave her an "excuse" for a chest X-ray and an MRI - both of which Moopy's insurance paid for despite its being out of network. Both came out clear, thank God... the first piece of completely GOOD news we'd had in months!

Hey Moopy and Joe! I am so
Hey Moopy and Joe! I am so happy to see the good news you posted

this morning! You two deserve every ounce of good news and happiness that exists! I am

keeping you in my prayers, as always! Love, Jeanne

Christmas Girl

mimivac said:

MRIs
Yes, md, this is a good point. My tumor showed up on the mammogram, sonogram, AND MRI, but because I have "young, dense" breasts no one blinked at the MRI. I will be getting them every year along with six-month mammograms for screening purposes.

One word of caution about MRIs, they may show false positives and cause a lot of anxiety. This is the reason the some doctors do not like to prescribe them (true also for routine PET, CT scans).

I'm sure glad I have access to them though.

Mimi

I'm just chiming in with Cat and Mimi here...
Because they both made really good points.

The different imaging techniques pick up different things. None of them - alone - are perfect. Which is why they are often used in combination, especially when anything "suspicious" turns up on one or the other. And, always important to remember - each patient's case is very different. There are many different types of breast cancer - and, even the same type will "look" somewhat different amongst individual patients.

Kind regards, Susan

cats_toy

MRI's
mdfau,
Yes, they do pick up more, but according to all my docs, they each show a different picture. When they had questions about something suspicious under my scar, we went first with the MRI, who recommended an UltraSound, who then recommended the Mammo. Then, after having all three, I was given the all clear. So I guess it depends on location, size, and makeup of the tumor for detection. So glad you pushed for it and got it paid for too.
Cat

Noel

Aortus said:

Up in St. Louis in January
We were getting a second opinion from Dr. Horn at Barnes-Jewish. She discovered that Moopy had a collapsed lung from port surgery earlier in the week. That gave her an "excuse" for a chest X-ray and an MRI - both of which Moopy's insurance paid for despite its being out of network. Both came out clear, thank God... the first piece of completely GOOD news we'd had in months!

So happy to see you two
So happy to see you two posting some GOOD news! You deserve it and thanks for sharing it

with us! Keep posting, we miss you! Hugs, Noel