6 months follow up after biopsy

Kam28

Hi,

my 6 months follow up after biopsy(B9) is coming up and i'm getting little nervous here.

Just wondering if somebody can share their experience. Do they just want to make sure if everything is healed inside, or why do they do that 6 months follow up anyway?

Thank you.

kam

nnightowll

i know exactly what your going through just been through the same thing they want to do a repeat mamagram to see if there is any changes mine was fine but you cant help but worry i was the same good luck to you ime sure everthing will be fine

LISAMG

Hi Kam,

From a veteran who had previous B9 surgical biopsies, I will tell you it's considered standard of care for a 6 month F/U mammogram and visit with breast surgeon. I am also high risk and being monitored with alternating mammos/MRI. Best wishes.

KittyGirl

I think a six month follow up is standard procedure. 

brady0819

I was due for my 6 month follow up in mid March, but am freaking out so bad I pushed it up to Feb 1st. I had my initial mammo and ultrasound in Sept.  Detected 1.6cm unpalpable lump in right breast. Had ultrasound guided core biopsy (results: normal benign breast tissue) and followed that up with stereotactic (mammatome) biopsy (results: normal breast tissue).  Lately I have just been freaking out like crazy about this upcoming follow up. I keep wondering;

did they miss the spot

did something else grow

was something undected

am I gonna get called into the radiologists office again and encouraged to get another biopsy

I can't seem to relax at all about this.  I just want to be done with this scare. I want to hear: everything is fine...see ya in a year..but something tells me that it will not be that easy

Hope your follow up went well.

LISAMG

Brady, Have you ever considered an MRI for added reassurance? This may put your mind at ease since the MRI is a highly sensitive tool, but with false positives as well. You may wish to discuss this with your doctors since you've had 2 biopsies already. Do you have dense breasts? The MRI can be a reliable tool for breast density, unlike a mammogram where density can be problematic. Best wishes.

brady0819

Hi Lisa:

Thanks for the advice for the MRI. I may look into that. I may just see how the mammo and ultrasound go next week (it is Feb 1st).  I doubt they'd do anything before that anyway. Right now I am due to get my period within the next 5-6 days, so all the SBE's I am doing are driving me crazy, as I typically have very dense breasts anyway.  At this point I feel like I have squeezed, poked, grabbed my boobs so much I can't differentiate a lump from just knotty breast tissue.

I hate feeling so worried and anxious. It is interfering with my daily life and it sucks. I feel like everytime I feel something weird going on anywhere in my body, I automatically jump to the irrational conclusion that I have BC and it has metastasized.  I am feel like a hyperchondriac. I just want this mammo behind me with clear findings. I am scared. I have 2 beautiful little girls (5 yrs old and 18  mos) and want to be around for their proms, wedding, etc. 

I am scared

hobie644

Boy, do I understand about "freaking out!"  My 6 month follow-up is in March and I'm real anxious!  I'll be having a mammo., u.s., and an mri.  The mri worries me the most because of the one I had in Sept. found stuff of concern that is now being watched for stability or change.  I worry that I'm going to have to start the whole process all over again...biopsies, surgery...etc...I'm praying that nothing will be found and I can breathe a big sigh of relief.  Brady, I'll pray that you'll be able to breathe a big sigh of relief too! ~Carol

brady0819

Thanks, Carol. It is nice to know I am not alone. I keep counting down the days til my next mammo - next Monday.  I am so tired of feeling my breasts and researching all the possible "bad" things that could happen. 

What type of biopsy did you have done?  What was the concern? 

UGH!!! Just let this worrying end for me.

hobie644

Hi Brady, The course of events for me were; screening mammogram that saw suspicious calcifications.  I had  a diagnostic mammogram and an ultra sound that led to a core biopsy that gave the DCIS diagnosis. Then I had am MRI that found other stuff of concern in both breasts, but not concerning enough at the time to warrant more biopsies...that's why the follow up MRI in March, to look for any change. I have become obsessed with researching and trying to find answers to all the "what ifs" and I'd really like to move on and forget!
I'm glad you got your tests moved up; maybe I should try and do that too.
Let the worrying end for both of us.

Kam28

Hello everybody, i had my MRI 6 month follow up and that looked fine,...nothing found,...just reccomend mammogram,which was fine too. BIG relieve. now they wil alternate mammo and mri so i'll get some kind of check up every 6 months.

good luck to everybody, i know it's soo hard

Makratz

Great news!!  Congrats!!