The wait begins.

LowTide - this is absolutely the hardest part - waiting. Hope you can find something to distract your mind - binge watch TV, take long walks, read a good book.

Yup - and much more understanding than most husbands or friends who have not been down this path. Welcome and do let us know.

Hi Low Tide. Sorry you are going through this. Yes, in my case the results were the same time the ultra sound was taken. But I am sure it is different in your country. I found the waiting time both times for me was the hardest. I stayed by my phone all the time. The first time I remember sitting by the phone all day and finally decided to take a shower and sure enough the surgeon called. I did have my phone near by and rushed to answer it. My life was on hold during the wait time. As Maverick said, try to find something to distract you. Probably shouldn.t be hard to do in your beautiful country.

Low Tide, I don't know if I think the way I do because it's true or because it is a way to spin most life events into a "positive," but when things like that happen to me, I believe it was meant to be. In other words, you were meant to go to the other facility, perhaps you will meet someone who will be super helpful to you, or someone who needs a kind word from you, but definitely someone you would not have otherwise crossed paths with.

And....I am still hopeful that the radiologist will give you some indication of what is or is not seen in the ultrasound while you are there!

Please don't forget to come back and let us know how things went. Stay warm!!!!

Thanks for posting, Low Tide! I am glad you had the ultrasound and that you have a good mindset now.

Please come back and let us know what your doctor says. It sounds like you will get good news!

I hope you come back to let us know how your doctor appointment went today! Even though you haven't posted, many of us are thinking of you and hoping your doctor gave you negative results!

FlowerJOY, they are correct. Overall 70-80% of Birads 4 biopsies are benign, so apparently they are looking at this being fairly low probability. By the way, DCIS stands for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. There is no such thing as invasive DCIS.

I’m confused. Did you just get home from 2 stereotactic biopsies, or do they “now want to do two core needle biopsies?” Stereotactic biopsies ARE core needlebiopsies.

Hope your results are benign.

Thanks for your reply. Today I had two stereotactic biopsies - they took 5 samplings in each breast. Hoping to have results tomorrow. I thought she said there was DCIS which is in the ducts and an invasive form when it gets out of the ducts. I am still trying to grab ahold of all this info being thrown upon me. And, because of COVID, they are only allowing me into the office, so I am trying to remember everything. Wonder if they would let me record my conversations

Yes, most doctors will let you record the appointments. As Melissa said - DCIS is non invasive. IDC would be invasive ductal carcinoma. It's possible to have both, but I hope you don't.

FlowerJoy, sorry you find yourself here. I just wanted to say that I started recording appointments quite a while back. It's so hard to process everything in the moment, and that way I can go back and look up the terms thrown out there that I didn't quite understand. Usually I am the one that goes with family members to help them interpret what the doctor is saying and ask questions, but when it's me, it's a whole different story. Don't know why.

Like quinnie, I also get copies of all reports. There's often things in there that doctors don't share with you because they don't think it important (or don't think you'd understand). More than once this has affected treatment as I've called a doctor's attention to something in a report that they didn't notice.

I wish you peace during this process.

I’m not sure why the radiologist would say “things surprise us every day” when theyalready said most biopsies are benign, indicating it was not a high level of suspicion to begin with.

MelissaDallas - I am not sure why the radiologist said that? She said it twice to me, two different times. She has been doing her work for over 20 years, so I guess she sees a lot of cases and maybe things do surprise her. She had my complete records over the years. I had some biopsies of cysts and lumps from years and years ago that did not show cancer, but did show some not so normal cells (breast surgeon did not think I needed to do anything about it at that time). I think this time around (10 years later) and because of the way my images and ultrasounds look (dense breasts and a ton of calcifications, odd shapes and sizes, and clusters) - I think she really thought I had something to worry about. I think that’s probably why she took 10 samplings from 2 different sites.

I am relieved from the good news I received today - and I hope it comforts others that are waiting for results. I am so very grateful for the support from folks on this site. Sharing and reading your stories are a blessing! I have a very dear friend who has been battling hard with stage IV metastatic breast cancer. Her faith and friends are what help her the most! Every morning she posts a positive thought, image, or quote to remind herself (& others) to find the beauty of life, even in the midst of her battle. My heart ❤️ to her and to the strength of women linked together in all of this. A bedrock of support!💗 💪🏼💗