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Mammograms after mastectomy

mollyz
mollyz CSN Member Posts: 756 Member
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It's time for a mammogram again but my surgern thinks it's no need since i just came out of 6 months of chemo,it will be a year since my mammogram this month,but really my question is how do they mammogram or look at the mastectomy site? I'm due for a pet/scan in May so is there no need for a mammogram please somebody that has had a mastectomy help!
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  • Rague
    Rague CSN Member Posts: 3,653 Member
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    As far as I know - the side
    As far as I know - the side that has the mastectomy cannot be mammo'd (there is nothing left there) but the remaining side is doable. At least that's how it was for me. I had a Mammo last Aug (1 yr post DX) and will be having another in June (so we can get 'everything' back on my birth month for my annuals). IF there is something suspicious in the surgery side then a scan can check it.

    At least how i understand it.

    Susan
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  • butterflylvr
    butterflylvr CSN Member Posts: 944
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    Rague said:

    As far as I know - the side
    As far as I know - the side that has the mastectomy cannot be mammo'd (there is nothing left there) but the remaining side is doable. At least that's how it was for me. I had a Mammo last Aug (1 yr post DX) and will be having another in June (so we can get 'everything' back on my birth month for my annuals). IF there is something suspicious in the surgery side then a scan can check it.

    At least how i understand it.

    Susan

    I had a double mastectomy
    I had a double mastectomy eight weeks ago and from my understanding I won't need mammograms anymore. I am choosing implants, so I will have periodic chest MRI's to check for implant leakage and suspicious cells. So I'm with Susan... they must be just wanting to do your Non-surgical side.
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  • teresa41
    teresa41 CSN Member Posts: 471
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    butterflylvr said:

    I had a double mastectomy
    I had a double mastectomy eight weeks ago and from my understanding I won't need mammograms anymore. I am choosing implants, so I will have periodic chest MRI's to check for implant leakage and suspicious cells. So I'm with Susan... they must be just wanting to do your Non-surgical side.

    no mammos
    i also had a double mastectomy my mammo days are over!



    teresa
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  • mollyz
    mollyz CSN Member Posts: 756 Member
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    teresa41 said:

    no mammos
    i also had a double mastectomy my mammo days are over!



    teresa

    Thanks
    Thank you so much ladies i was just a little curious, hehe:)MOLLYZ
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