Anyone find benign cysts after treatment?

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joannstar
joannstar Member Posts: 403 Member
in Breast Cancer #1
I had my 1 year mammo/ultra sound after completing treatment for IDC Stage 1C Triple Negative with no node involvement (had 2 lumpectomies--2nd to get clear margins--completed 6 rounds of chemo and 33 rads on 4/1/11) and was called back for closeup pics and another ultra sound. Now I have a sterotactic biopsy scheduled for "something" that is about 1.5cm by 1.07cm by 1.2cm located 4cm from my nipple on the other breast. Has anyone had this experience and found that it was NOT cancer? My tumor markers were the lowest they have been since starting this journey 6/22/10.
I'm nervous and scared and can't seem to get my mind off the upcoming procedure (which is delayed due to vacation of my surgeon, but she said it was ok to wait the 4 weeks and I figured that if something was found cancerous, I would want her so I would end up waiting anyway.)
Thanks for your feedback,
JoAnn

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  • poplolly
    poplolly Member Posts: 346
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    As I post this, I have a
    As I post this, I have a lump in the other breast that they said was benign. I have another mammogram in September. They are doing them every six months to keep watch on it. I also had chemo and radiation.

    Judy
  • poplolly
    poplolly Member Posts: 346
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    As I post this, I have a
    As I post this, I have a lump in the other breast that they said was benign. I have another mammogram in September. They are doing them every six months to keep watch on it. I also had chemo and radiation.

    Judy
  • Jean 0609
    Jean 0609 Member Posts: 2,462
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    Hey JoAnn,
    I had a 6 month follow-up last Monday. They did an ultrasound. They found a cyst in my other breast, but they said it was nothing to worry about (easier said then done). I go back in 6 months for a mammogram.
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
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    Jean 0609 said:

    Hey JoAnn,
    I had a 6 month follow-up last Monday. They did an ultrasound. They found a cyst in my other breast, but they said it was nothing to worry about (easier said then done). I go back in 6 months for a mammogram.

    i also had a cyst, they said
    i also had a cyst, they said this happens more often as you age and with thehormonal shifts!
  • joannstar
    joannstar Member Posts: 403 Member
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    carkris said:

    i also had a cyst, they said
    i also had a cyst, they said this happens more often as you age and with thehormonal shifts!

    Thanks for your feedback, all.
    I'm actually surprised that they want to do a biopsy. I'm hoping it is just to be covering their a__es.
  • Lynn Smith
    Lynn Smith Member Posts: 1,264 Member
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    joannstar said:

    Thanks for your feedback, all.
    I'm actually surprised that they want to do a biopsy. I'm hoping it is just to be covering their a__es.

    Same thing here
    Same thing here.I had a malignant tumor and a cyst found same time 2 years ago.Tumor removed and cyst stayed.Also had 2 other tumors removed that were benign. One was found during the surgery to remove the malignant tumor and the other was found snd removed during a margin surgery.

    Check ups have been pretty good for 2 years.Mammos are fine.THEN the bottom fell out.A tumor and another cyst were found July 14 during my 6 month mammo. Tumor was small and wasn't felt.That tumor was biopsied just last week and found to be benign.Still there and will do something later.Doctor said things are OK for now.

    I didn't have chemo or radiation with non invasive DCIS.Stage 0.But I am stressed from it all. Just worry about what NEXT??? My friends and niece havent had these problems.All of their cancer were invasive, spread and fast growing BUT I have all these scares. My doctor always says everyone is different.I agree and I am the different one.

    Lynn Smith
  • DebbyM
    DebbyM Member Posts: 3,289 Member
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    carkris said:

    i also had a cyst, they said
    i also had a cyst, they said this happens more often as you age and with thehormonal shifts!

    I haven't had this happen to
    I haven't had this happen to me, but, I do know it does happen a lot.
  • Kylez
    Kylez Member Posts: 3,761 Member
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    poplolly said:

    As I post this, I have a
    As I post this, I have a lump in the other breast that they said was benign. I have another mammogram in September. They are doing them every six months to keep watch on it. I also had chemo and radiation.

    Judy

    Lots of us have had scares
    Lots of us have had scares where they found "something" on a mammo and wanted a biopsy, which turned out many times to be benign. Even though I know it is scary, it isn't always bc.

    Wishing you the best,

    Kylez
  • CAchick
    CAchick Member Posts: 277
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    Me!
    I did...
  • padee6339
    padee6339 Member Posts: 763
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    Yes
    About a year after my lumpectomy for Stage 1 Triple Negative, I found a small lump in my other breast. Immediate mammo and sonogram and the radiologist told me he was 90% sure it was a cyst but wanted to make sure. Back to the surgeon and back in the hospital. He removed it and that was all it was. After the year of horror, I was so very relieved.
    Pat
  • joannstar
    joannstar Member Posts: 403 Member
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    padee6339 said:

    Yes
    About a year after my lumpectomy for Stage 1 Triple Negative, I found a small lump in my other breast. Immediate mammo and sonogram and the radiologist told me he was 90% sure it was a cyst but wanted to make sure. Back to the surgeon and back in the hospital. He removed it and that was all it was. After the year of horror, I was so very relieved.
    Pat

    Thanks, you give me hope
    and I want to focus on that to try to quell the fears until 9/7 when I will have the biopsy!
    Hugs to all.
    JoAnn

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