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Thanks Dr. M
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri, 3 Dec 1999 10:00:36 -0600 (CST)
Thanks, Dr. Marchbein---I may just forward your answer to all my in-laws ( I
knew I had a reason i never mentioned things to them!) It was just that her
mammogram came back ok and the cancer only showed up when she insisted on a
biopsy that they all presumed my mammograms had probably missed it too.
Thanks again.
Dee
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>>>I have had a small lump in my breast for 12 or 13 years. I have had
>>doctors examine it, had mammograms, etc. When my sister in law (young,
>>healthy etc) told me she was going in cause she'd found a lump, i told her
>>it might be fine, i had a lump that all the docs said was nothing. Well,
>>hers turned out to be cancer, and now she has most of the family worried
>>about ME!! I am planning on a full physical next month, including a
>>mammogram, but my mother in law is nagging. Since I have had this lump for
>>12 years, I am only slightly concerned about it. Any ideas to get my mother
>>in law off my back until after the holidays? I mean, benign lumps don't
>>usually become cancer all at once, do they?
>
>Benign is benign and malignant is malignant. One doesn't turn into the
>other. A mass present for 12 years is unlikely to be cancer (but that
>doesn't mean you should have ignored it).
>
>--
>Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
>Great Neck, New York
>
>**Note: Opinions expressed here are for educational purposes only
>and, as such, do not constitute a physician-patient relationship.
>This information is not intended to supplant the need for you to
>consult with your physician prior to choosing therapeutic options
>and/or interventions.
>
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