# I had an abnormal screening mammogram.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 23, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-abnormal-screening-mammogram/797018 "2017-09-23T02:47:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-abnormal-screening-mammogram/797018/321 "2024-11-27T23:35:39Z")

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Update: Things look good, although they do want to see me again in 6 months.

💯

I also saw someone I knew in the waiting room; she was there for the same thing, and was a former volunteer at the library. I invited her to come back, if she wishes to do so, and seeing her really cheered me up.

It looked like they were doing all re-checks this afternoon, because that’s when the doctor was there to do real-time readings.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-abnormal-screening-mammogram/797018/322 "2024-11-28T00:21:47Z")

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👍👍👍👍👍  
I’m very glad to hear this!

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-abnormal-screening-mammogram/797018/323 "2024-11-28T02:39:00Z")

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I knew the news kept being good when the technician kept returning to the room.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-abnormal-screening-mammogram/797018/324 "2025-05-28T23:16:35Z")

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Update: I had the scheduled mammogram again today, and things are looking stable. It’s a small calcified area near the location in my left breast where the cancer was, and it hasn’t changed, so they said “see you in 6 months!”.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-abnormal-screening-mammogram/797018/325 "2025-05-29T00:51:35Z")

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Woohoo!

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-abnormal-screening-mammogram/797018/326 "2025-05-29T11:18:29Z")

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Yaay! congrats on a clean report and another 6 months

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-abnormal-screening-mammogram/797018/327 "2025-10-03T22:39:56Z")

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My friend’s smoldering leukemia is still doing exactly that. He tires easily but is otherwise doing OK.

Eight years since my diagnosis, and I’m doing fine.

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