AM I NUTS TO DO A BACK-TO-BACK MRI BIOPSY & STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY

woodstock99
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As my testing progresses, my 1st opinion doctor wanted me to have a 2nd stereotactic biopsy in same breast near recently detected DCIS in a smaller less suspicious area "just to be sure" but also wanted me to have a breast MRI which I did this week so we deferred the biopsy until after MRI.

Well the good news is that nothing additional was found in the left DCIS breast but they say they see some things in right breast and they need to do an MRI guided biopsy.

I am scheduled to do these back-to-back this coming Tuesday. I thought that I'd rather get them both over with, can get the same radiologist who I like and then have through Sunday to relax and recuperate although not sure when I'll get results due to Thanksgiving holiday.

Both the 1st stereotactic biopsy and the breast MRI were not as bad as anticipated and I will load up on Xanax so I know what the one will be like but now am anxious about an MRI biopsy and wonder if I am crazy to do both back-to-back. Thoughts?

PS - you can see my original "recently diagnosed" post here updated this morning with notes from my visit to 2nd opinion doctor and a different treatment POV. So totally confused. Do I get a 3rd to break the tie?

https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/68/topics...

Thanks.

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