Biopsy Monday and Afraid

4a is only 2-10% chance of malignancy... ie 90-98% chance benign! You're doing all the right things - had the screening & following up. Worrying about it won't change outcomes...whatever happens, you can handle it. Distract yourself with long netflix series and sweaty tiring exercise & soon Monday will be here & it will be over.

hang in there

Same boat here. I had BC surgery March 13, 2018 so 3 years out in a few days. Have been monitored every 6 months but missed one due to Covid restrictions. Went Tuesday, had the 2D. Radiologist wanted 3D. then Radiologist wanted another tech to do the 3D. Then ultrasound. Found a 7mm lump. Now wants biopsy 'due to history of malignancy.' Hmmmm. I pressed. She said it is a BIRADS 4A. It is in the same breast as the original cancer. I am honestly not worried yet. I had a rough go the first round as my treatment brought about acute onset cirrhosis of the liver due to a hepatotoxic response to Tamoxifin which happens to 1.8% of women.....I'm 6ft tall, was born with 2 appendixes and no tonsils, have green eyes, left handed....I am the poster girl for rare. I had a fatty liver and throwing Tam on it pushed me over the edge. (I don't drink btw.) So, should my cancer ever return I can't have chemo. If this new 7mm lump is cancer again my only option is mastectomy. Meh. Due to the damage to the liver I have an annual chance of hepatic cancer of 20% so am much more worried about that. I am screened every 6 months for that. The royal piss off is--if I develop hepatic cancer I can have a transplant...but not a cadaver one (donated by a deceased person) as once you have had cancer you are not eligible as an organ will go to the most viable patient...which is not someone with a history of cancer. SO. I have to have a live liver transplant. Cue my son. BUT. I have to remain cancer free for 5 years before they will harvest liver from my son. AND.....wait for it....my liver is projected to hold out another year....so I'll come up a year short. I hate numbers. Don't worry, I won't go down without a fight. But returning to the 4A. Least of my worries and a low probability of malignancy. Thanks for letting me rant. xo

hi looking for some guidance: have to have a breast biopsy.

3D mammon report: “Indeterminate nodule in the right breast requires additional evaluation.Additional mammographic views and ultrasound are now recommended for further evaluation.”

Diagnostic mammo report: The breast parenchyma is heterogeneously dense, which may obscure small masses. There is an oval obscured mass in the upper outer right breast at posterior depth. BI-RADS Category 4 - Suspicious Abnormality Right breast mass at 11:00. Recommend ultrasound-guided biopsy.

Ultrasound report: There is an oval hypoechoic circumscribed mass at 11:00 8 cm from the nipple measuring 13 x 10 x 7 mm. BI-RADS Category 4 - Suspicious Abnormality. Right breast mass at 11:00. Recommend ultrasound-guided biopsy.

From reading other places, the u/s report is not very descriptive. Is the mass size small? Also what does “posterior depth” mean? The mass isn’t palpable and was found on routine mammo. Dr didn’t feel and I can’t feel even after us tech told me exactly where it is. Obviously the biopsy will determine what it is. Is it typically to have a pretty vague us report?

Thank you

Super erika! So appreciate you checking back in with the great update!

life is too short to be worried. Go in with the attitude this is nothing. Then you will literally just feel better. And if it is domed will tackle it then. Think about if it’s nothing, you would have worried for nothing. Hang in there!