6 mos benign bx follow-up question

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nbtrigirl
nbtrigirl Member Posts: 2
edited April 2017 in Waiting for Test Results

Hi all,

I had to have a biopsy in Nov on a 'something' in my right breast. I say something, as I didn't feel anything, so it's hard to call it a lump!

The radiologist called me and told me it was benign, but that I should have a follow-up ultrasound in six months.

When I called to make the appt., I was told it's an ultrasound on the right side only and then I'll go back to a yearly mammogram (if no issues) in November.

Call me crazy, but having an ultrasound on only one side has me more worried, than if they find anything! Is this common practice for everyone? I'm thinking worse case scenario is that they'll find nothing, but in the meantime, allow something to go crazy in the left breast.

Thanks for reading!




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  • MelissaDallas
    MelissaDallas Member Posts: 7,268
    edited April 2017

    Yes, it is practice to just check the side biopsied only. Since what you had was benign there really isn't any reason to think something would "go crazy" on the other side in six months. As a matter of fact, even if your biopsy HAD been cancer there would be little reason to worry about it, because bilateral cancer is fairly rare

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