Waiting and going crazy after whirlwind tests

Hey Postive Fingers,

I, too, am waiting. I hear tomorrow my results. This is the second time I've been through this- the first time it was a benign papilloma. Did the radiologist give you any indication as to what they thought it was? Both times I was told they thought it was a fibroadenoma. I asked straight up after my biopsy what the radiologist thought and he said it was a smooth lump and soft and he wouldn't worry too much.

When do you find out your results? It's super hard not to panic, but we just have to hope for the best! Hugs to you.

P.S. Not necessarily a bad sign that it wasn't liquid... were you thinking it was a cyst? The US tech showed me my specimen afterwards. Definitely bits of tissue. I'm sure that's what it looked like last time they biopsed me too and it was benign.

hi, I have just found this group tonight. A few days ago I found a dimple on my breast while doing a check. For the first time I stood in front of the mirror to do it. The dimple was so slight I just thought it could be something else.

When my son or daughter (1 and 3) have jumped on my I have felt my breast really soar.

Tonight in the shower I found a really tiny hard lump behind where I saw the dimple. I was lying down and felt it again. I can only feel it with my arm raised.

Iv not told anyone about the lump. I told my husband about the dimple. I can't believe I am here again - I am 33 and last year I finally got my 5 years clear from cervical cancer. I had fertility saving surgery at the time then a hysterectomy a year ago this week. Back to the waiting game again.

I will make a drs appointment tomorrow and hope I don't need to wait too long for tests. The waiting is defo the worst so you are all in my thoughts.

Hopefully we all get good news soon! Keep us posted. It definitely feels better to know you're not alone.

Hi Jones, don't fret. I was also Birads 4 on my MRI. But downgraded to 3 after the second look US. Birads 4 positive predictive value is around 20-30%. The odds are still with you 70 - 80%. Let's be positive. It is easier said and done. When I was in your place 3 mos ago, I couldnt sleep too, couldnt eat couldnt concentrate on anything. But afterall that, I realized, I just wasted time worrying about nothing. It is the anxiety that will kill us not the condition. The teaching hosp where I work and where I was seen do not post MRI, mammo or US results in patients portals. It will just say if the results are out but will not give reading. I guess because they dont want patients to be anxious and they want patients to talk to doctors about the results first before proceeding to anymore tests.

Don't "freak" about a BiRADs of "4." That's the minimum that will get you to biopsy. Then of all the women who are sent to biopsy, 80% will be told that their results are benign.

There's no reason to think that you would be in the 20%.

Hang in there!

LisaAlissa

Hoping you get benign results! Even if you don't the support here is great!

How did it go, Positive Fingers?