Biopsy question

Hi there. I wish I could help but this is unfamiliar to me. I had two biopsies but that was because there was a second tumor.

Aj, I can make aa suggestion, as I'm not familiar with what you are describing.

1. call the ordering doc and ask for an explanation

2. Call the place you are having the procedure and ask for an explanation.

3. google

Number two is probably going to get the quickest best answer.

Maybe an excisional surgical biopsy? Where they take a larger amount of tissue, similar to a lumpectomy?

Any surgery usually requires basic blood work for anesthesia clearance.

Hi. I'm new here and also don't know if this is the correct forum for me. Any help re-directing me would be appreciated. I've completed a stereotactic biopsy two weeks ago. It showed some DCIS and some invasive cancer as well. The surgeon I spoke with about the results felt that it has been diagnosed early and is small (he thinks). However, two weeks out from the biopsy I'm still having breast soreness, especially my nipple. The doctor who performed the biopsy did say that a small blood vessel was "nicked" and I was to watch for a hematoma, similar to a goose egg on your forehead I was told. Well, that never developed but I'm still having discomfort. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm now booked for a lumpectomy and the suggestion that I will most likely have to have radiation after that.

hi Ajcire. Did you have to ask for this option versus the wire? Also, where was your cancer located? Mine is just behind my R nipple, close to the surface, and in an extremely sensitive and painful area.. they had a hard time doing the stereo biopsy because of the location...so I am really anxious about what things are ahead of me for surgery.

Thanks for your info

thanks for the info. It sounds like we have the opposite kind of locations. Mine was so close to the surface that the needle kept coming out the other side of my nipple, which was awful. But I truly hope that the seed is more common now that the wire....I don’t know how I could manage to go through that trauma to my nipple again

hi dagny!! I have a recommendation. Before you go for seed placement, tell your hs you have a very low pain tolerance. Explain that the biopsy was very uncomfortable and is there a way you could get general anesthesia or at least be given something ahead of time to relax you and minimize the discomfort - especially seeing as the dcis is in such a sensitive area. It’s your right to ask. Good luck

I am so angry. I felt a lump last May. I was diagnosed with cancer in June and had surgery in July. The Dr told us it wasn't cancer it was an abscess and he didn't see any reason to do a biopsy. He left the incision open and we had to keep it packed and change the dressing every other day. When I went back to see him again for my 4 week follow up I asked him when would the lump go away? He told me give it some time it shouldn't be more than a month or two. The lump never when away. Now it is 3X as big and I have to go back into surgery and have it removed. In July I had BC/BS insurance, $100,000.00 life insurance,& a cancer policy. My husband change jobs in October so we could spend more time together after our scare. In November the new company down sized. Last in -first out. Now I can't afford BC/BS, can't get $100,000.00 life insurance policy or cancer policy. Now after a new mammogram and ultrasound it has been rated a birad 5. I was hoping to wait until after Christmas to go back to the Dr but I accidentally let my husband find it. So of course we ended up back at the surgeon's. Now they are going to do the wire and lumpectomy this time. We've decided to not tell anyone until at least after the new year.