Biopsy Today

Hello everyone!

First, you all are a wealth of knowledge and support. I hope you know how appreciated you are. I have followed these boards for years as I have had numerous mammogram callbacks, ultrasounds and just today, my first biopsy.

A little about me. My mother was diagnosed 20 years ago with LCIS. None of her sisters or her mother have had a breast cancer diagnosis. As I inch closer to my mothers age of diagnosis I’ve developed horrible health anxiety. At this years annual mammo, my doctor wanted to do an ultrasound because I have dense breasts. The tech found an area of dense tissue that doesn’t look like the rest of my breast tissue. He said since this is my first ultrasound on this side he wants to do a biopsy to err on the side of caution, which makes me happy yet stressed at the same time. I’m a birads 4 (no letter).

The biopsy was fine, relatively painless and quick. I made the mistake of googling hetergenous hypoechoic breast tissue (which was on the paperwork) and freaked myself out. Won’t be doing that again. Anyway, they told me 5-15 days for results, which feels like a lifetime.

Thank you for listening and being here.

Carrie