2 Questions

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Hi Girls - I posted this last night but Yahoo seems to have goobled it

up somehwere so here goes again.

Can someone tell me the name of the internet site that you type in

your pathology diax and it translates it into " human " ?? I have seen

it here before, but tried to go through the posts and couldn't locate

it.

Secondly, has anyone ever heard of a tumor being completely removed

with a biopsy?? My friend opted for a double mast and then they told

her that the tumor was " not there " . she does however have a 3mm tumor

in her lymph node (3 of 11 pos) which they are saying is DCIS.

Another question = I thought DCIS meant it wasn't invasive, contained.

I must be wrong since it went from her breast to her nodes????

Any thoughs?

Hugs!

Ellen

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> Secondly, has anyone ever heard of a tumor being completely removed

> with a biopsy?? My friend opted for a double mast and then they

told

> her that the tumor was " not there " . >

> Hugs!

> Ellen

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Hi Ellen,

I can only address one of your questions. After mast, my path report

came back with no malignancy in breast tissue or lymphs. HUH???? I

had a mastectomy for no reason???? I'm discounting the possibility

that the original diagnosis was incorrect, since both the mammogram

and stereotactic mammotome biopsy clearly showed cancer in two places

in the same breast, so that leaves two other possibilities:

First, the stereotactic mammotome biopsy (kinda like a mini

lumpectomy) got all the cells from the two separate locations, or,

just maybe, I experienced a mini miracle of healing. I'm a woman of

strong faith and had many like minded folks praying for me.

I don't regret my mast decision, because I do (did?) have breast

cancer and am happy to get that thing in the trash can.

Kathleen in Kirtland