MRI GUIDED BIOPSY - DENSE BREASTS

Dense breasts are said to be perfectly normal, and I guess they must be, since so many people have them, but they sure do make things difficult when you are trying to find out what's going on in there. As you have discovered, sometimes the only way to know is to do a biopsy, and then you have to wait for results, and that can drive you crazy. Do whatever you normally do to relax. And then do it some more. And if that doesn't work -- it didn't for me when I went through this -- you can always ask for something to help you relax. I had a lot of tests when I was getting diagnosed, and sometimes it seemed as if all I ever got was more questions. I finally asked for something when I was about to disintegrate into a million tiny little pieces from sheer anxiety. I had never taken anything for anxiety before (and haven't since), but it did help when I really needed it.

As you already know, this may turn out to be nothing. But it may help you to know also that even if it turns out to be "something", you will deal with it, and in doing so, you will have the help and support of many people, including the community here. Now try to relax, and I'm sure that many others join me in hoping that when you finally get your biopsy results, they will tell you that you have nothing to worry about.

And speaking of that "50:50 chance". That doesn't necessarily mean you have a 50% chance of having cancer. It just means there is an equal chance of this being normal tissue as abnormal tissue. Abnormal breast tissue can be things other than cancer. It's premature to assume that this HAS to be breast cancer. in fact, over 80% of biopsied breasts will come back as not-cancer. Your MRI-guided biopsy will give you a lot more information.