Originally Posted by
Scaredtoo
Let’s think about this logically. That’s what I TRY to do. I do have HA but I know about this topic as I had a preventative mastectomy in 2012. So I had an ultrasound and mammogram prior to my surgery. They were both fine. I also had an MRI which revealed I had a benign adenoma. This didn’t show on ultrasound or mammogram but I also had very heavy dense breast tissue. I say this not to scare you at all but to educate women about their breast. I do have a breast specialist that did my surgery. MRI is the only tool that can really say 200% you don’t have an issue, but breast pain is USUALLY NOT an indication of BC. In fact, most BC have zero symptoms. MRI is usually recommended for women with heavy dense breasts or a history of breast cancer in family. A specialist will usually approve a breast MRI if their are ongoing issues. Keep in mind my growth was common and benign. Also keep in mind with having very heavy dense breasts the MRI was impt. For women without heavy and dense breast tissue, a mammogram and ultrasound are good, reliable tools to rule out any abnormal issues. Also if you’re experiencing pain, and are worried about it being “bad”, and if that pain was caused by something worrisome, that was big enough to cause it, more than likely, a scan and ultraound will pick it up. And that’s from my specialist. I had zero symptoms.