Beyond Scare Waiting for biopsy and results

ctbaker

Good morning!!! So just as a background: I’m 36 hispanic with a really crazy 4 year old daughter...

I had a week ago a diagnostic mammo because my left breast was painful... soooo they found a suspicious mass in the other one, in my right one They made more images through mammo and then they sent me for an ultrasound... The results are this:

The birads was 4b and said specifically:

In the 1:00 position there is a 17mm lobulated area with decreased echogenicity. This demostrated posterior shadowing with somewhat irregular lobulated margins. The apareance is suspicious for a small mass. The finding is suspicious for a small neoplasm and is recommended a biopsy

The remainder of the right breast is within the normal limits, no other dominant masses observed. No cystic structures observed. No architectural distorsion is demostrated.

Impression:

BIRADS 4B Intermediate suspicion for malignancy, bx recommended

Follow up: Biopsy

As you all know this is a really nerve racking moment and my doctor was out of town so it was more than a week to even get thebiopsy order... now I’m beyond scare Still waiting until thursday for bx and then a long weekend of more waiting!!! I need to distract myself in some way... this is so difficult!!!

Thank you for listening this beyond worried mom!!!

mustlovepoodles

I think we can all relate to your situation. Nothing strikes fear in our hearts quite like a lump in the breast. The good news is that BIRADs4 has about an 80% chance of being BENIGN. BIRADS 4a is slightly more likely to be benign, BIRADs 4c is slightly less likely to be benign. BIRADS 4b is an intermediate risk.

http://breast-cancer.ca/4biads5/ Here's a site that a lot of us like, Moose & Doc Breast Cancer. It goes into more detail about the BIRADs score.

mommakat

Waiting is truly horrible! Last year it was a total of 3 months from my first mammo to finally a surgical excision with different appts and biopsies in between. I have no magic answer for you! Some days Just working and staying busy was enough, other days I needed wine, or Xanax, or binge tv. Sometimes I needed to allow myself to just panic a little, google things I shouldn’t and almost get born out of my system. I’m going throigh the procession again now, and it’s a little easier this time. Breathe! And hang in the there