Re: Steph......


"Barb" <ammerman@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks for answering, Steph. No, the mammogram was of the opposite
> breast. The cancerous breast was removed--modified radical mastectomy.
> Had the procedure this afternoon and was told that all calcifications were
> removed and pathology would follow in a few days. Now the nervous wait
> for results. I think there's more liklihood that the calcifications are
> benign than malignant, but there's still some stress.

I had calcifications in one breast way before the cancer was found in the
other. Eight years before - when Mr Pratt told me he knew ladies. They
didn't remove them even for biopsy, there was a note in my folder, " ...
interestingly there are calcifications in the left breast ... " As far as I
know they're still there.

Worrying won't help, Barb, but you know that!

Mary


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