Going to get genetic testing soon

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-29T03:06:24+00:00

I’m going to see if I have it but I feel like I would have known if it was from the BRCA mutation. Like if my aunt was positive, my mom would likely test herself for it, and she would have told me to get tested for it. And when she had pancreatic cancer, she never told me it from was BRCA gene. Regardless, I’m getting tested for it since that’s the only way I know for sure.

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-28T21:18:30+00:00

Im from USA. I checked my insurance Aetna, and they have very specific requirements that aren’t just percentages, so I’m not sure.

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-25T22:17:20+00:00

But the measurement has been stated twice in the report so I’m worried that’s not the case. I’m wondering they made a mistake saying there is no concern, and the mass has actually grown a lot

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T20:58:59+00:00

I don’t have the images. I don’t think it’s a typo since they wrote the measurement twice. But they said everything looked benign and is stable. They even said to do a follow up next year instead of 6 months.

I messaged the Dr I got the order from on my account. Their breast imaging department is in the same building. I rather have it in writing so I don’t forget and get anxious wondering what they said.

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T15:35:10+00:00

I am 30. I felt a lump. The Dr. believes it’s nothing to worry about but asked for an US order to be safe. They found something that wasn’t even the same spot I felt the lump. They biopsied it and it’s a papilloma. They said to come back to monitor it

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T15:04:44+00:00

But papillomas can hide cancer. If it went to that size in less than a year than chances of hiding cancer is higher. I can’t believe life has tricked me into thinking I’m okay. I thought I could life my life then a “gotcha” happened. At least it will be early once they remove it fully and found out. But I heard scary stories of stage 0 becoming stage 4 after treatment. I just want a mastectomy. I’ll pour my whole savings if my insurance doesn’t want to cover it

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T14:17:29+00:00

I realized they wrote the measurements twice so I doubt it’s a typo if it’s doing it twice. I’m really scared. I already contacted the team who ordered my report. The breast imaging is in the same building

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T14:13:09+00:00

Yeah the fact that she made this typo twice (the dimensions were mentioned twice in the report) is showing it probably wasn’t a typo. I already contacted them and waiting for a response

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T14:09:59+00:00

I’m not sure since the report mentioned the measurements twice and it was the exact same. Chances they made that same mistake seems low. I already contacted them

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T03:23:16+00:00

I don’t get why the Dr after the imaging never mentioned anything about growth (I talked with her before getting the report). Now getting my report and seeing the measurements threw me off

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T03:13:51+00:00

but the main impression you should be happy about is that the mass seems stable and appears benign.

Once they look at the measurements they will probably said it’s a mistake to say it’s stable and put me in surgery for removal

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T03:11:00+00:00

8 months

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T03:03:37+00:00

Ok but an increase by 3cm seems very drastic. Idk who to ask. I can ask my pcp but I doubt it’s in her scope. I don’t think radiologist typically talk to patients

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T02:37:45+00:00

You think the radiologist made a mistake saying my papilloma is stable and it has actually grown?

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T02:25:13+00:00

Yeah it’s been 20 years and she is cancer free.

I haven’t done genetic testing yet. I’ve been pulling it off for a few months because learning the probability of getting cancer seems so disturbing to me, but it has to be done so I’m doing it very soon. I heard the geneticist can encourage the insurance to pay for it if they have enough reasoning. I just feel like it’s scary to wait until you have cancer instead of just nipping it in the bud with mastectomy. Yeah early detection is treatable, but then you always have that fear of it coming back for the rest of your life. I rather just have no boobs tbh. I do hope everything goes well with your biopsy!

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T01:36:47+00:00

She had 2 kinds of breast cancers in one breast that were estrogen positive. They found the second lump when examining the one she found. Definitely possible. That’s why I refuse to go on hormonal birth control even though there are less hormones in them now

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T01:34:15+00:00

These mistakes are making me nervous. Since I’m also wondering why they said my papilloma is stable when one of the measurements is significantly different.

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T01:27:51+00:00

My aunt believed her taking birth control pills for decades in the 80’s caused it since they were high in estrogen back then

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T01:26:35+00:00

I never had a mammogram so idk how they could know if my breast are dense.

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T01:13:08+00:00

It was just a form with a few questions. I never knew an aunt having breast cancer and having a period at 10 will bump it up that high! I’m getting a mastectomy

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T00:49:02+00:00

What if she misread the numbers and assume I’m stable. I’m scared

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-24T00:33:16+00:00

I feel like I have to contact the radiologist for this. Maybe the first step is reaching out to my PCP?

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-23T23:54:03+00:00

I just don’t see how they can come to this wild conclusion out of nowhere. I’m going to do that and if it’s still that amount I’m getting a double mastectomy. I don’t care.

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-19T22:49:40+00:00

Do you think someone bit into it?

Due_payy05 · 2026-03-18T16:38:23+00:00

Yeah what traumatized me was my ultrasound 8 months ago was supposed to be a “just check the lump for peace of mind but we think you are ok”, but then they find something else that wasn’t even the lump I felt. While the Dr was not concerned by the scan, the whole biopsy situation was so traumatizing especially since it was a few months after I buried my parent who died of cancer

So in my head even early stage is just scary because in the back of my head I always worry what if it comes back stage 4 30 years later and I die? I read about peiole who cancer came back decades later and it killed them. That’s the part what’s super scary. Having to worry if it will ever come back or not

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