cone compression and ultrasound

has been scheduled for me after my digital mammogram was read. Apparently I have a fibrous area in my right breast. I had a film mammogram last year and got the all clear. Hopefully all is well. Two weeks wait won"t be easy.

Getting my compression mammo and ultra sound tomorrow. Nervous!

Good luck! Hope it all goes well. I have my regular mammo next week, hoping I don't get called back again for additional testing.

Trying not to worry! So far it's not that they see something there it's just that with an area of fibrous tissue they can't get a good enough look and want some further testing. Still, very anxiety provoking. I should know within a week if there is an issue. Thanks for responding.

If a cone compression is the same as a spot compression, I had the same thing done about 4 years ago. It was after my 2nd digital mammo (initial baseline at 35 was film)....but right before I started HRT. Had the spot compression and the ultrasound. They had me wait so that I could speak to the radiologist after she had a chance to review the results. She determined that it was overlapping tissue (I have extremely dense breasts, apparently). The ultrasound did pick up a small cyst in each breast. I declined the offer for an on-the-spot biopsy and instead had a repeat ultrasound 6 months later....cysts did not change and the radiologist said that they have likely been there a long time then. The spot compression (inner quadrant) did feel like they had me in a vice from chin to belly button but it was over quickly...some irritation on the skin but it was gone in a few days. Hope you get good news!

If there is a lot of dense tissue, you could ask for a breast MRI. That is what I did. It will see right thourgh any density that a mammogram and ultrasound can't.

So after the spot compression mammo I had to wait for the radiologist to decide if ultrasound should be done as well. I knew something must be up when I had to continue on to the ultrasound appointment right on the spot. I was called today and told that I have "benign cyst/s" in my breast and that I will be followed up in 1 years time with mammogram and ultrasound. I wondered how they know it is benign without biopsy. The person from the office that called simply said that they know? *shrugz* Free and clear for a year I guess!

I'm in the same boat. Had my spot check today. They wanted to do altra sound but was full. Have to go back in the am. I have fiberist tissue cuz I've been on premarin for 4 yrs. Just now switched to Bio identical They found a spot that likes t o hide. My grandma died w breast cancer.So a little freaked!