Waiting for biopsy results and and so very frightened.

sio

Hello Folks,
I’m glad I found this informative website. I had an ultrasound guided core biopsy yesterday. They took tissue from two areas of the left breast and one area of the right. I was all pumped up, sure I was going to feel pain and discomfort, but other than the freezing needles, I felt nothing. A couple months ago, I began having pain in the left chest area and upper back. My doctor sent me for an MRI to rule out breast cancer. I understand the MRI results were suspicious, so the hospital conducted a diagnostic mammogram and an ultrasound. A week after that, yesterday, I went for the core biopsy. I understand my doctor will have the results in 5 to 7 days. In the meantime, the hospital has also scheduled an appointment with a surgical oncologist two weeks from now as the imaging birad classification was 4 on one side and 5 on the other. They seem certain that I do have BC; they just need the core biopsy results so that the surgical oncologist can determine next steps. I was told there are several lesions in each breast, one that is around 3cm. This is strange because I cannot feel any lumps and I do have an annual mammogram.

Twenty-five years ago, while in my early thirties, I was diagnosed with breast cancer following a lumpectomy of a suspicious lump. The surgeon told me to "get my affairs in order" as the prognosis was poor. I do not recall what kind of cancer it was, or the stage, but do recall it was hormone independent and had spread to the lymph nodes. Luckily, my physician referred me to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto as they have a world renowned cancer centre. Anyway, following another couple of surgeries, I took chemo for several months, and after a brief rest period, radiation daily for a month. It was a rough year but I made it, and twenty-five years later, I’m still here.

If I need to go through this again, so be it but I am very frightened and my mind is going non-stop. While the consensus seems to be that I do have BC, I’m still hopeful the core biopsy results will go against the odds and dispel that consensus; however, I’m not counting on it. I can only hope there is no cancer anywhere else.

Anyway, I do feel somewhat better getting this off my chest. Now, if I could get a few other things off, or rather out of, my chest...

PistolMama

First of all...hugs to you, sio! I can't imagine having so much going on at once, let alone the scare of a two-time diagnosis. I hope that it's nothing and if it is, that it's contained. Keep us posted!