Petrified waiting to hear...

bruinjamie21

Hi there I'm new here and hoping you can ease some anxiety for me while I await a call from my Dr.

Almost 41 years old, huge family history of BC (my mom was first diagnosed at age 41, and has had it twice, not a recurrence, and my grandmother also had BC) My mom is NOT positive for BRCA

I had a mammogram and was sent for a follow up and ultrasound that revealed the supsicious area was likely a lymph node. A visit to my specialist confirmed it, but she said to ease my fears I could start having yearly MRIs in addition to my mammograms. I went for an MRI last week and have yet to hear from her about the results but did look into my chart in the online portal and it appears she ordered an MRI Guided Biopsy of the Left Breast. I realize I need to actually talk to her. The original mammogram and follow up ultrasound said it was "probably" benign and Birads 3. But now with the whole biopsy thing I found.... ???

Thank you so much.

PurpleCat

IT sounds like they found something they want to biopsy, so you may have been bumped into a Birads 4. But I've seen charts that explain the Birads categories that show anything with a better than 2% chance of malignancy gets scored as a 4. That means they have to biopsy it even if they think the chance of cancer is just 3%. It can just mean "Fairly certain this is benign, but not certain enough to be comfortable without a biopsy." Hang in there! Waiting to find out is the worst.

bruinjamie21

Thank you so much for that reply. Truly.

PurpleCat

You are most welcome! Please let us know how things turn out! We're all pulling for you!

MsRukia

Hang in there. I’m waiting too! Waiting is super hard. But try to breath and keep yourself busy. It makes the waiting easier