Just to give a little history, my routine mammogram was done on November 7th. They immediately called me on the 8th to come in for a magnified view, which I had to bring my 4 year old to. Last year's mammogram was "totally clear" (possibly some cells that did not show up on mammogram). The mammogram showed 8cm of calcifications in a linear formation with branching. They really didn't need to do a biopsy to know it was cancer. This is very aggressive to grow this fast. My biopsy (done in 2 places the Wednesday after my mammogram) showed DCIS with invasive ductal carcinoma- grade 3 which means it is irregular and fast-growing.
It seemed as if I did everything right- I breastfed for 5 1/2 years, eat right, exercise. I thought I had nearly a zero chance of having breast cancer. I am convinced that it was 20 years of birth control pills, pesticides we have used in the lawn/on the house for wood bees, and/or the used oil that may have been in our well water growing up. Who even knows?
PLEASE GET YOUR ROUTINE MAMMOGRAMS DONE! IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE! A LITTLE PAIN FOR 15 SECONDS IS TOTALLY WORTH IT!
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