Waiting to do Core Needle Biopsy on 11/19

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Andie1209
Andie1209 Member Posts: 17
edited December 2018 in Waiting for Test Results

I went in for a screening mammo on 11/9 (this was for my 40th bday).  No real issues but I do have fullness / some minor pain in my right armpit which I have contributed to my coffee consumption.  Back in JAN 2016, I did have a diagnostic mammo for lump I could feel but it was determined to be an island of breast tissue by 2 radiologists and 1 breast surgeon (surgeon confirmed I have a large amount of breast tissue in my armpit).  I got a call back on 11/12 stating that there was 'changes' seen in my right breast and they wanted to perform an ultrasound.  My OBGYN office called the next day to make sure I had received the call from Radiology.  I asked them if they could tell me more about the 'changes' that were seen.  They informed me that there were 2 masses that were seen on the screening mammo.  I went in for the ultrasound on 11/15.  The ultrasound found an anechoic songraphically benign 0.4 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm simple cyst with no associated vascularity.  The other mass is more troubling:  a mixed echogenicity partially circumscribed mass which measures 0.6 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm.  Color Doppler images demonstrates minimal adjacent vascularity which they are calling 'mildy suspicious'.  Of course the radiologist didn't give me all of the details...I went to medical records and got them for myself.  He just told me that the cells in this particular area of my breast seem to be 'hyperactive' and I could wait for 6 months for another scan but based on how nervous he knew I was, he said we could definitely do a core needle biopsy.  I am going in on Monday for this procedure.  They gave the option to contact a surgeon first but I didn't want to delay the results.  I did reach out to my breast surgeon yesterday that I've seen in the past with the radiology report verbiage and she actually called me 2.5 hours later herself on a FRI evening!  She said both spots are EXTREMELY small and since I have one confirmed cyst the other one could very well be some type of fibercystic breast change too.  I told her in my email I had planned on coming to her for a follow up / 2nd opinion after my biopsy results and she said she'd pencil me in a week from Thanksgiving ( should have my results the day before or the day after Thanksgiving ).  I can't help but google all of these findings on my report and try to read into them more.  I can't figure out if the suspicious mass in taller than wide?  My husband keeps telling me that the radiologist is trying to be thorough and it doesn't mean I have cancer but I am so scared!  

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  • Andie1209
    Andie1209 Member Posts: 17
    edited November 2018

    Rated a 4 on the BIRADS scale (no a, b , or c)

  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited November 2018

    We understand how anxiety-provoking this can be, not knowing. Indeed, it is great that your doctor is being thorough. Try not to jump too far ahead. Please keep us posted!

  • Andie1209
    Andie1209 Member Posts: 17
    edited December 2018

    I actually got my results a little over 24 hours after I left the hospital after they completed the biopsy. The pathology report states ‘collagenous fibrosis’ and they say these results are concordant with imaging. There is also a note on the pathology that there is no evidence of malignancy. They are telling me to come back in 6 months for a diagnostic mammo for re-evaluation. At first I was so relieved and now as time ticks by I’m second guessing their findings. I went and got the imaging CD and all of the written reports and noticed that the marking clip migrated 2cm right after the biopsy (which is far in my opinion- 2cm is exact wording on report) but the radiologist states on his report that there are ‘post biopsy changes demonstrated at the targeted mass’ so I’m hoping the correct tissue was taken. I had an appt with a breast surgeon scheduled a week after the biopsy, but they pushed it back once they saw the final path report until mid JAN. The surgeon is at a different hospital so they will review path slides, imaging, and reports and will tell me if they agree. I’m starting to think I want the whole thing removed!

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