Surgical excision biopsy

Morning , Ladies... I was so happy when I came across this thread! I had an excise biopsy on Oct 10 and go for results this Thurs. My biopsy was done under fiull anasthestic and the incision appears to be right beside the nipple. I had A LOT of bleeding the first 1 1/2 days... I bled through 3 pj tops, housecoat and even through all that to the sheets. I had no expectation it would bleed so profusely, thankfully it has stopped now. My timeframe from the surgeon wanting to get the biopsy to actually having it done was only 1 1/2 weeks, I was very grateful for the speed (so we're my nerves) of the surgery date. I still find myself very tired but the pain is managable. I will be so very glad to get these results and at the same time am absolutely terrified. Thank you all for sharing your journey... it truly does wonders for my nerves and state of mind to be able to follow up on all of you.

thank u mystic. it's really such inopportune time, it always is, but this is really bad.

Beautiful glad you are coming along. what did they see b4 the excision?

Mel checking in b4 hoping on the taxi. I do have my girls and hubby, they would be IN me if they could, they are so young in their 20's and do so much bcs of sis, that i try to keep it cool. I can't keep it too blase, because it's not fair to them, they know it's something to go through and i have to show a bit of what I feel. The concentration should be on the sis, and their well being.

Five kids must be a lot of fun sweetie. at least I have no little ones to worry about. I could sleep it off on the weekend.

Margins are margins, trust me, if surgeon felt it's not clean, then it's wise I THINK to re excise. Nothing is fool proof but...

I hope so too. TTYL

Hi Ladies, I have posted more than a month about me but have been reading your posts on a daily basis. So this post is also for people who are going to come across and look for answers on their question.

I had my incisional biopsy on 10/10 and had to report at 6:30am. Got my IV straight away, at 8:15am got my Xanax and after 5-10min they took me to do needle localization. I received anesthesia for that but it wasn’t really helpful to my left breast since the mass was deeper, took me to tears-don’t want to scare anyone-. My right breast was not painful-closer to the nipple-. All that took about 30-40 min. My surgery was scheduled at 10am. I have to say I was in prep room going back and forth in between the procedures and my hubby and mom were allowed to stay with me. By the Time they took me to the operation room my doctor assistant came, the doctor anesthesiologist, lots of nurses and lots of questions were asked. 10:30am i was At the operation room and was told and felt the anesthesia in my hand, burning sensation. Woke up like zombie and had big pain in my throat From intubation. I was brought down to the room around 1:30pm. In a mean time I was in the recovery room my surgeon, his dr assistant, dr anesthesiologist and nurses told my family all is ok and I woke up. At 3:30pm I was Home

Momallthetime, thinking of you!!! Hope everything is going well

Mel- good luck on Friday, do let us know what your plan will be. If you do end up going back in, hope your insurance moves faster than last time!

Hi guys,I'm home sweet home. Everyone was so wonderful and made things much easier. What a different experience than what I went through in different settings.

It went really smoothly, i had one Percoset, i feel it, but at this time it's not bad. He also gave Keflex 2x day. Appointment is set for next week to see the BS, he will give the results and check on it.

As it turns out after buying like 10 sports bras - first i realized most have padding, hmm I don't need anymore padding, the ones that don't, don't do a/t for me. I'm like 36F who knows they are ALL different and wrong..

The cut is a radial cut towards what i would call from the areola and the valley between the breasts, so the bra causes xtra pain/discomfort. BS asked that i wear a bra for sure till Friday but then I'd be squeezing the area he cut, should I be doing this? My plan is to wear my loose shirt, go bra less, with a fancy scarf over me, does that make any sense?? I thought because the biopsy was under the fold he would go through there, but they put the needle towards the top, they said that it's in the center, so...anyway, any suggestions? Should i let it be or squeeze? Usually of course i prefer to wear a bra, it's good for my back and breasts, but...

Mel waiting along with you.

Everyone it was so wonderful to have you share and be there through all this, you guys are gr8 ladies.

Goga good for you.

Hey mystic88 - thanks! It's more about not having the area squeezed just seems weird to put pressure there, def would prefer a bra. I liked it when i put it on after i left the place, but it was really squeezing. Maybe i'd put the sling on when i go out, so as not to bump into a/t...

You know what they say location, location...maybe when i'll have more pain after the local anesthesia wears off, maybe i'll really have to.

Hi guys, thanks for all the good pointers (no pun intended) - I did take at the end a simple amoena bra - it's wire less front hooks, and just a soft material no padding, I had a scarf on top of it because it did not give me a great shape, but it seems to do the job. At night, it really did hurt, i put little pillows to support me on the side, laying flat was a no no. Once I settled in, it was ok. during the day today, i took the sling along, but i did not use it. My breast does look big, the areola is large! but i did not pick yet under the bandage, will take if off tom. They called yesterday and today to check up on me, they asked how I was doing, I said you REALLY wanna know!! How much time do you have?? Gosh i scared them, i told them I was holding my own.

They gave me Versa, i signed a release for intubation, but they did not need to do it, like you said, i was up and next thing I was in recovery. I wish my sleeping pill was like that, I take Ambien, and many nights my dreams are so vivid i hate it, and also it only lasts few hours, not a delicious 7/8 hour sleep. I knew I was alive when they offered me coffee. Oh the little luxuries.

Was a tough day with my DD. But I won't burden you here with this, lesson lesson, DON'T TRUST ANY DOCS. Seriously, we are supposedly in very good places in NY and they neglected and pooh pooh away lots of stuff, causing much grief. ALWAYS, ask for copies of every Blood test, scans, reports. That I did, and it has been very helpful.

Follow up on Tuesday.

Take good care everyone and thank you.

Mel this is such a nuisance huh??! Well as mystic said now you have a day, and you can plan stuff around it. Let's hope for the best.

Definitely feeling the pulling now, i'm wearing the bra and adding little pillows for sleep. Took some advil but it's bearable, now that the bigger bandage is off i already see the indentation, the strip is still across the cut, i hope it melts in the showers.

Take care e/o

Mom, sounds like you got a seroma. That really sucks, but should not be a big problem. Sometimes they resorb on their own, but when they cause pain, draining them is a good option,.

Glad to hear your results were benign!!! Looks like those terms are all good news. They may want to monitor closely due to the focus of ALH

Let us know what the drs say tomorrow! Hope things are better with your daughter, too.