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Dear Susan,

I would like to think if I let both the Radiologist office and my ob/gyn office know about my frustrations and concerns that it would concern them enough to make sure that it would not happen again, but I unfortunately do not believe that to be the case. My ob/gyn doctor is a very nice doctor, I like her a lot, but the only thing she does in reference to my mammograms is order them and refer me to a surgeon when needed. We have NEVER spoken about them at all. She leaves that to the surgeon and radiologists. From my previous experience it seems the radiologists and surgeons rarely agree with each other. One might recommend a biopsy and the other might not.

As far as the radiologist office, I did call to see why I did not get a report and the only answer I got was that maybe they were behind in sending them out. Well, my mammo and ultrasound was done on 7/5 and it is now 7/22 and it has never, ever taken this long so I doubt I ever get one and the tech on the phone honestly did not seem to care that I didn't.

I did call my ob/gyn to see what she thought I should do and was told by her nurse (as you can never get the doctor themselves on the phone) that if I had concerns to go and see the surgeon that did my last biopsy for a consultation. She didn't deal with these things. Go figure!

I guess my concerns and questions now are basically should I go see the surgeon now or take the advice of the radiologist and let this sit for another 6 months and just "watch" the lymph node. This lymph node has been here for 3 years and I just found out about it and with my having a ten times higher risks of having lymphoma etc, should I just go see the surgeon for a consultation. If you were in my shoes, what would you do? I don't want to have a unnecessary biopsy or incision, but at the same time why do I have a swollen lymph node in my breast that is growing and not shrinking in size? Usually swollen lymph nodes are caused by infection, inflammation, cancers etc. Wouldn't you think after 3 years the node would have shrunk in size rather than grow?

Thanks again Susan for your help and input.

Tanya

July 22, 2011 - 2:00pm

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