Biopsy on Friday

Akiss4me said:

Breast MRI
You sound alot like me....many cyst, 7 previous lumpectomies. Finally sent for Breast MRI. The area I was originally sent for was not even of concern once I got to Cancer Center for MRI (I would have ended up with another lumpectomy as opposed to a needle biopsy again). The MRI showed a completely different story & turned out to be accurate (confirmed by core needle biopsy). So here I am finally getting a needle biopsy first & needing the lumpectomy anyway!! But had they done needle biopsies on me the last 7 times, I would have been spared a whole lot more since they were always benign....go figure?

Excisional biopsy
Thanks again to everyone for your support..it really means a lot! AKiss4me...the first and only biopsy I ever had done was when I was 23 yo..there's an ugly 2-inch scar above my left nipple, and they most likely would never have done that nowadays. BTW, when you say the MRI showed a completely different story, do you mean that it was cancer?

Thanks!

phoenixrising said:

There is something to be
There is something to be said for "trusting your gut" and I'm sure you will never take "no" for an answer again. Good luck to you I hope you hear the magic word, benign. Let us know how it goes.
jan

I just don't know
Hi, Jan..thanks for your response. I will certainly be back to let everyone know..you all have been great!

I just don't know how to make a radiologist do a test they think I don't need. They didn't even ultrasound my right breast this time. As I mentioned in another thread, if I hadn't mentioned having this pain in my left breast, they most likely would not have wanted to do the ultrasound. I just don't get why all the fuss. Maybe because it takes such a long time with all these lumps?

I did seem to take a long time with this left side. The tech went over and over the area with that wand. My breast was raging by the time it was all over. I have to start really talking to these people ahead of time, and insisting even more on a full ultrasound on both sides. I'm unwilling to let it pass from here on out, even if it's not cancer.

Kylez said:

So, how did everything go
So, how did everything go with you? I have been praying for you!

How did it go
Well...the ultrasound tech another doc came in to locate the site that was noticed by the first radiologist. This doctor said that it looked like it was full of fluid, which didn't make any sense to me because I got both a verbal and an on-paper report of a solid mass. He wanted to do a FNAB, and it was starting to look like he was going to pass on doing the core biopsy. I didn't feel too swift about that, since the core was the intial plan, so I persuaded him to go on and do it. When he aspirated this cyst, he said he watched it actually deflate and slowly disappear on the screen, and what he extracted was very thick, like toothpaste. He said this may have been why it echoed the way it did on the ultrasound. Hw went ahead and took two cores out, **** well. He also put in a clip, which didn't go so well, because they couldn't get the clip to release from the plunger after placing it.

Other than that, it wasn't all that bad...I was very fortunate to have an extremely kind lady there with me who held my hand during the procedure. She is a survivor, and that is one of the ways she helps other women who are going through, or possibly facing, breast cancer. It made what would have been an otherwise intolerable experience bearable for me. I have been floored by all the rallying around ne that I have experienced by survivors. It almost makes me feel a lttle guilty because it seems like I am making such a big deal out of all this, and I haven't even been diagnosed (yet). I am so very grateful for all the outpouring of love and support from my friends on and off this site. Including yours:) So thanks so much again!!