Anyone going for tests/imaging this week?

You guys are awesome. I'm grateful to say I just got my results and it came back as a complex fibroadenoma. That moment when I saw the email notification that there was a new message waiting for me on MyChart though...

This is the 7th mass I've had biopsied (my first was at 19), and my mom was diagnosed with BC at 50 and I'm 46, so I feel very, very lucky.

@Peacejen, how did your appointment go? Let us know! Wishing you all the best.

I hope it goes well for you. The radiologist told me during my procedure that 80% of biopsies turn out to be benign so the odds are in your favor. Keep in touch with an update. This forum is so amazing and supportive.

Sorry you'll have to go through biopsies peacejen though keep the odds in mind. Hopefully they can do that very soon though that is all about perspective. You'll still be worried waiting for results though ground in the odds and hoping that helps... Please check back in.... I know you will : )

"I've contemplated putting together a plan, or outline, of what I will do if it is cancer."

Honestly, not a good idea at all.

First off, 4 weeks is enough time that you should be able to push this aside and go on with your life during this time. I'm better with longer waits than shorter ones - if I will be having a test or getting a result in 2 days, I will think about it and worry, but if something isn't happening for 4 weeks, well, I have a lot of living to do during that time and the concerns just naturally get moved to the back of my mind.

Second, why would you plan for a cancer diagnosis when the odds are in your favor that you won't be diagnosed with cancer? Isn't that a waste of time and energy? And wouldn't you be creating more worry and stress by focusing on cancer? I notice the mentions of a BI-RADs 4A rating but I don't see where you've said that. Is that the rating for your latest imaging or do you have a different BI-RADs rating?

Third, what exactly would you plan for? Every diagnosis is different and the treatment is different. Surgery first or chemo first? Or maybe no chemo at all? Mastectomy or lumpectomy? Well, that depends. Radiation? Well, that depends. Anti-hormone therapy? Well, that depends. So even if you were to land on the short side of the odds, there are simply too many unknowns to plan effectively.

If your biopsy has not been scheduled for 4 weeks, the good news is that it means that the radiologist is not concerned. Focus on that and on your every day life, rather than on a cancer diagnosis which will hopefully never come based on a test that's not happening for 4 weeks.

So yeah, it is excessive. And not healthy.

Peacejen - best wishes for a benign finding. Be good to yourself over the next month.