Since completing tx in March '08 (chemo 8/07 - 1/08; rads in Feb. & mid Mar. '08), I got my yearly mammogram in 4/08and yesterday, 4/09. Yesterday they took 2 extra pictures because I felt a small lump that I was concerned about (after that they did ultrasound; the lump turned out to be nothing to worry about); and 5 months ago, 11/08, I had another mammogram (I forget how many picutres--more than one) after a biopsy (which also turned out to be normal). I get the yearly mammos in NY through my surgeon's office, but the biopsy was done at my oncologist's hospital in NJ. So although I send my records back and forth between my surgeon and my oncologist, I don't know that the radiologist in NY yesterday knew about the mammo after the biopsy in NJ in November. To sum up, since my 4/08 mammo, I had a mammo (several pictures taken in 11/08 after biopsy and now my 4/09 mammo with 2 extra pictures plus the usual 4--Am I getting too much radiation?
I'm not looking to blame anybody or make an issue. I just want to know if I put myself at greater risk of future illness with all these x-rays to the breast. In the future, I will make sure that my radiologists in NJ and NY are aware of the whole picture (so to speak).
FYI-- In 5/07, I got dx IDC, 1 cm, grade 3, e.r.+, negative lymph nodes.
Thanks so much for your help. Sincerely, Laurie