♥ ~ Did All Of You Pink Sisters Have An Ultrasound Guided Core Needle Biopsy? ~ ♥

mom62 said:

Second Time
I had a core biopsy for my second cancer. The first was found with mammogram, after I found difference in breast.

Terry

I had one that confirmed
I had one that confirmed that I had bc too. I thought this was pretty standard anymore, is it?


Leeza

kit kat said:

I just had one done Friday,
I just had one done Friday, after double mas, chemo, Check up found a "THING" in my right limp node. Waiting for the bad news .

I had this to confirm that I
I had this to confirm that I had bc. It didn't hurt, or, it didn't hurt me anyway. I'm glad I had it done as otherwise you have surgery and I wouldn't want that unnecessarily.


Jan

LoveBabyJesus said:

UGH worst day
I had the untrasound guided core needle biopsy and I remeber spending an hr. in the bathroom before the procedure. I also remember shaking on the table - they had to get me blankets to keep me warm, because I was so cold from the nerves. The guy who did it was EXCELLENT. He made me laugh (said the reason he took long was because he was learning how to do them from a book before walking in lol). It really didn't hurt much, and I was surprised after reading nightmare stories. But it was a very bad mental day for me. And yes, that confirmed my dx. He took 5 samples. All came back with c. UGH

wire localization sounds
wire localization sounds worse than it is. They numbed the area, then smashed you in the mammo machine then stuck a wire in where the area of concern is. so the surgeon can removed it. So it points to the area of interest. The core biopsies are the newest and better. Not sure if they do the wire thing anymore. I have been at this since 1994.

Who had an ultrasound guided needle biopsy? Not me, but close.
My screening mammo found suspicious calcifications, as did the diagnostic mammo done a month later. To the poster whose doc joked about reading the manual to learn how to do it... my doc WAS learning how to use the gadget that dispensed the 'clips' he left behind, they were a new kind. The manufacturer's rep was in the room, unbeknownst to me, until I heard her voice. I was SOOO mad. It hurt at times AND the diagnosis was cancer, to boot! Ugh.

Next step was the MRI guided biopsies on two areas of same breast. Left me with a totally purple breast (and my breasts are big) that looked like an eggplant hanging from my chest! Two weeks later my surgeon was impressed by it! They hurt like crazy when being done, despite the lidocaine injections, externally and internally. Lucky me.

Then, an hour before the lumpectomy, the surgeon did her wire localization of the area while my breast was squeezed through the hole in the table. I bled like crazy. Then they had to do a mammo to see if the wire was in the right place. The techs had a heck of a time keeping the blood cleared away while they squeezed my breast with the wire in it. Do you think THAT hurt? Oh yeh!

I was so glad to have the lumpectomy because it meant the needles and wires being stuck into my breast would be over! However, the type of radiation I chose meant I had to have 45 (a record for the rad onc) needles inserted THROUGH my breast, around the cavity. Then catheters were slipped over each needle and through my breast, then the needles were withdrawn. Ugh. I wore those catheters for 9 days. Gruesome but short and effective radiation! My avatar shows me and the nurse the day they were removed.

Now, because of a lingering seroma, the mammos, even 3 years later, hurt when they squeeze that spot. I don't complain because it can't be helped, but the techs always apologize when they see me grit my teeth. Sometimes there is a tear that escapes my eye. BUT, I have always received only good news in these 3 years, so.... I thank my lucky stars.
~~Connie~~