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Breast
Calcification
There are two types: Macro-calcifications and
micro-calcifications. Micro-calcification - are tiny calcium deposits that show up as fine white specks on a mammogram They are usually found in an area of the breast where cells are being replaced more rapidly than normal. Usually, micro-calcifications are not due to cancer. However in a small number of cases, when a group of micro-calcifications are seen in one area (a cluster) it may be a sign of pre-cancerous changes in the breast or an early breast cancer. It is always advisable to have any appropriate test considerations completed that you and your primary care physician deem necessary. It is far easier to treat a condition in its early stages, so be diligent. If you have any concerns, breast changes (dimpling, lump, drainage, abnormal pain, etc.), please contact your primary health care provider for an immediate check up. This is for educational information only. The Doctor and the Man Editor's Note: I offer both the dry bio as well as the warm personal notes Doc sent me. I am impressed that this brilliant doctor and evangelist takes time to spread the Gospel on Myspace. For Doc's BIO, please visit him at His Space. A PERSONAL NOTE FROM DOC Iona, As you may have read in my brief bio, I was a pastor for a number of years prior to becoming a physician. I started out as a young man of 21 working with a wonderful individual by the name of Rex Humbard here in Akron. I worked closely and traveled with Rex and his family for a number of years. I was considered like a son to he and Maude Amiee. I started on the radio locally while I was with his ministry, and as our program demographics grew, so did my opportunities to minister. I was with Rex up until around1984, all the while I was speaking some 150 to 200 dates a year. Then in 1984, I joined with John Cox and we both began our first pastoral ministry together in South Florida. John was a member of the legendary Blackwood Brothers and a Grammy Award winner. Interesting enough, his daughter Heather Cox is currently in the top ten females on American Idol. We've know sweet Heather since she was a baby. I stepped out in faith around 1986 and began a work in Boca Raton. Rex came and helped us launch our ministry there (he became a frequent guest throughout the years). I also started back on radio, which was picked up and carried in syndication in many parts if the country. We we frequent guests on secular and numerous Christian television programs. We began hosting TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network) around 1989 and saw many awesome things occur in the natural, as well in the spirit. I became friends with many of what would be considered the "celebrity" Christian personalities of the day. Everything was going gangbusters, and then the bottom fell out of my world... I went through a divorce. At 38 years old, my life changed in one day. I went from being the favorite golden boy of church and media, to an outcast. Everything changed. Reputation, friendships, income, status... gone. I was broken, confused and afraid. It was when I believed my life to be over - where the story really begins... It has been a magnificent journey to say the least. The power of His presence and how He has restored, and is restoring that which was stolen from my destiny, has been remarkable. When all those I thought would stand by me failed, when the blank days in my date book glared and mocked me, when the phone never rang to see if I was still among the living... He was there. I have so much to share, so much to teach and invest. Life is truly wonderful. Forgive me
for going on and on, but it is a miracle that I am even here. It would be an honor to be associated with you in any way you feel I may help. Thank you
dear Iona,
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What are breast calcifications? Breast calcifications are
small areas of calcium in the breast. They cannot necessarily
be determined by palpation (touch), and are usually only be detected on
a breast mammography.
