While they haven’t documented a correlation, I will say this: when I got my mammogram last week, they asked me when I got my last covid vax an on which side. They asked the same question the year before. Last year I asked why and if there’s any issue/correlation. The response? “We aren’t supposed to say so, but many women coming in for scans experiencing pain have inflammation on the breast or armpit on the vax side.” My obgyn told me the same thing. The radiologists are tracking and I assume someone is studying this. |
My surgeon removed a 6 cm ER+ tumor from my breast in November '23. I've had clean mammograms annually. A diagnostic mammogram, sonogram and an MRI in August all showed NOTHING. My cancer was diagnosed from a needle biopsy - during which the radiologist told me she was "grabbing blind" because the mass we could all feel, was invisible on her screen. I have dense breast tissue. None of the diagnostic tools were of any use to me in diagnosing my breast cancer, which spread to my lymph nodes. I'm glad Olivia Munn is raising awareness for the challenges facing women with dense breasts. We deserve better tools. |
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It is because of your lymph nodes. Because that is how the immune system works. It isn’t some conspiracy. It is literally how you produce the antibodies. |
That sounds like excessive testing. The MRI should be enough. I have dense breast tissue and have never had an MRI for screening. Three tests a year is nuts. |
Very worrisome. How did you even feel something with dense breasts? All I feel are lumps in my dense breasts. |
Lobular? It’s unnerving that MRIs aren’t capturing these large tumors. It’s the best tool we have. |
so sorry you had to go through that. i hope you are doing better now. thank you for sharing your experience. |
+1 If anything, if they think you are having some reaction to the vax, they are thinking it's LESS likely that you have a breast issue, not more. |
That was me, normal mammo in Nov 2022, Stage 3 breast cancer found on MRI in June 2023. |
Didn't she also say they reviewed the MRI again AFTER her first biopsy and found more concern in the other breast? I don't think it works that way. A radiologist is a professional that would include any abnormalities in the original interpretation. So much of this doesn't make sense. Then they found tangerine sized cancer when they operated? I was always told an MRI is very sensitive, sometimes too sensitive, which is why it's not standard. Something benign could lead to an excessive amount of biopsies. |
I'm also wondering if she's messing up the timeline or the findings, which would be understandable with traumatic news. |
+1 Thank you so much. I just signed up for one this fall in Charlotte. |