Mammogram

[Jones]

I was just called back to to re do my mammogram, which is causing me some anxiety. I know that call backs are common but I was wondering just how common. So I figured TE is the perfect place to help me put my mind at ease. Please take my poll and let me know if you have ever been called back.

[snapdragen]

Been called back two or three times, twice for an ultrasound. I know it's scary, and your mind is just running away with all of the "what ifs" right now. Try to stay calm, breathe, ride your bike.

Whatever the outcome - it will be OK.

[solobiker]

I was just called back too.

[Catrin]

I am called back almost every time - I have a very deep cyst that changes size from time to time. Even though I expect it - the call-back does cause a little anxiety.

[tulip]

I was called back about five years ago, when I was 38. It definitely had that potential to freak me out, but I decided to remain calm and not worry about it until more was known. I had ultrasound, and it was determined that I have fibrocystic disease (kinda lumpy breast tissue), which I already knew. My mother has it, too.

Since then, I have had yearly mammos with no further callbacks.

Fortunately, breast cancer does not run in my family, so I am not considered high risk. Well, my grandmother's mother had it, but that's considered too far back to be much of a risk, and I don't have any of the other common risk factors (never smoked, never been obese, never taken hormones, never had problem periods, not menopausal).

[mudmucker]

I think it's fairly common. I've been called back 3 times over the last 9 years, twice with ultrasound. I had one surgical biopsy. I don't freak out although my maternal grandmother died from breast cancer. I always say "why borrow trouble " by worrying stressfully in the interim about inconclusive data. Worrying isn't going to change a result. You get a result, then ultimately must move forward regardless of the outcome.

[emily_in_nc]

I have never been called back but am happy to learn that it is common, just in case it ever happens to me. I'm assuming that it is most often a false positive. My maternal grandmother had breast cancer very late in life, so I do worry about this disease to some extent.

[ivorygorgon]

I have been called back. Once, a month ago, I had to have an ultrasound. Yes, it is scary, but I guess I would rather know I have cancer and get it treated than leave it untreated.

My ultrasound showed 3 benign cysts. Nothing to worry about