Painful lumps. Looking for other peoples experiences.

I agree with Wrenn about mind reading, I was never any good. Most likely, discussing all of the options of what it "could be" would only make many women more anxious, so he stopped at "could be a fribro or". Try to distract yourself until you have actual results (I know that's difficult). If distraction isn't working, try relaxation.

core needle should be no problem (depending on where in the breast, close to the nipple has more nerve endings) and many facilities will give you a tiny round ice pack that fits into your bra to put on the site when you leave. Good luck for B9 findings!

I could have gone to work when I left after the biopsy. I stopped and bought groceries on the way home. They made a point of telling me I would be fine to drive myself home

Good afternoon my name is Kimberly .Im 34 years old I uploaded

a few pictures from the ultrasound. I do have the whole disk

On the 12th I went to the Er due to left breast pain

and a lump. I had a xray and a ultrasound done. The Er DR

as well as the Radiologist was very concerned and said that

it was for sure a mass neoplasm vs infection. I went to the

General surgeon yesterday and he believes it to be infection

but has scheduled me for a lumpectomy on Wednesday to do a

biopsy. I do have a few family members who have had breast cancer.

I do have a little clear fluid that comes from the left breast.

The General Surgeon says that breast cancer usually dosent hurt

so I should be fine. I was put on antibiotics and no improvement. There is

blood flow in the periphery of the mass.

I am just consumed with fear just need some opinions.

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Thank you so much Snowgirl63 for the reply!! I am trying to remain calm and this site has really helped. Yes on Wednesday the General Surgeon is doing a lumpectomy of the lump he is removing 2 lumps in the left breast and then sending it off to the pathologist for a biopsy. He did inform me that If it comes back as cancer he would have to go back in and clear out the area that the lumps were located. I did word my post wrong the man who did my ultrasound was a radiologist he would be the one to preform a core needle biopsy if that was the choice that the surgeon chose.

Hi Kimberly,

I'm so sorry you're having to go through all of this. I think some of the confusion is a matter of terminology. While a lumpectomy and an excisional biopsy are very similar (and sometimes, for that reason, they both get called a "lumpectomy,") their purposes are quite different.

A lumpectomy is a surgical procedure to remove a known cancer (and hopefully get "clean margins.")

An excisional biopsy is a surgical procedure to remove some "suspicious" tissue for analysis. Based on what you've said, what you're having is an excisional biopsy. Depending on what they find, they may or may not find cancer...and if they find cancer, they may or may not need to go back and clean up the margins.

I can't offer an explanation about why your surgeon chose an excisional biopsy over a core needle biopsy. Generally, the least invasive biopsy (which will accomplish the surgeon's goal) is chosen. But factors involved in choosing one over the other may involve where the "whatever-it-is" is located and whether or not it is easily accessed with a core needle. Certainly ask your surgeon why he chose an excisional biopsy over a core needle biopsy.

BTW, asking if treating a potential infection first would mean that a biopsy would no longer be required seems like a reasonable question. And asking how they will address a potential infection during the course of the excisional biopsy is also a reasonable question.

My very best wishes for a B9 result!

LisaAlissa

Thank you so very much Lisa for your reply on Wed they will be putting me to sleep and removing the lumps not a piece of it. He did inform me that this can tend to leave some deformation of the breast and leave some indents that are not pretty. I do know that I wont need to have wires placed due to the fact that he can feel the lumps. And I guess that is why Im so confused. I have read from other woman with the same issue to have a biopsy 1st so that is why I am going to have the 2nd opinion on Monday.